by Desree | Sep 22, 2021 | Featured, Poetry
Brief moments of light We walked by that lake each evening, within an inch of holding hands. Tiny firefish rushed to water’s edge to taste the aftermath of our feet. Vagrant water hyacinth and lonely snakebirds listened as we talked and talked....
by Desree | Sep 21, 2021 | Featured, Poetry
When is the zombie apocalypse? I might not make it. March 13th, 2020; The ghosts of Sligo’s cholera outbreak walk us to the Lidl store, lurch when they see the masked and ready murmur tightly across the specials. I buy bamboo coffee cups,...
by Desree | Sep 20, 2021 | Featured, Poetry
and so it goes… two boys neck-deep in a boiling argument talking about which album is best Made In Lagos or A Better Time a man calls beer the devil’s urine you do not swallow poison and expect to blossom a boy regurgitates the faces of exes...
by Desree | Sep 19, 2021 | Featured, Poetry
In the form of a joke After Steven Wright I got a humidifier and a dehumidifier put them in the same room let them fight it out now my house is all shiny a confusion of moisture finding holes in the walls I watch the neighbours cooking eggs...
by Desree | Sep 18, 2021 | Featured, Poetry
Because a forest After Joe Cottonwood Because there’s a pandemic on and you should treat yourself to good air Because the height makes you look up and looking up feels good in your spine Because the air is fresh and you breath more consciously,...
