by Kate Birch | Nov 16, 2017 | 2017 poetry picks
Phil Powrie’s ‘The night that takes our shape’, an ‘evocative, melancholy and beautiful’ poem is a much deserved Pick of the Month for October 2017. This dark and haunting poem struck a chord with many who felt it was one for our...
by Helen Ivory | Oct 3, 2017 | 2017 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry
The night that takes our shape afraid to abandon behind us the night that takes our shape holding our candles like flickering flags here am I a soldier here a priest each with a weapon you march you pray in a patch of light your limbs pull away...