by Kate Birch | Apr 5, 2012 | Prose & Poetry
Waiting for Bluebeard The child in the garden wears a coat collaged from the skins of paper, sutured with lengths of my hair. I am inside the house in a matching coat. There is no one to tell us not to; called here, as we were by the halloo of peacocks who turned...
by Kate Birch | Apr 4, 2012 | Reviews
This Line Is Not For Turning: An Anthology of Contemporary British Prose Poetry, edited by Jane Monson, pub. Cinnamon Press 2011, price £8.99, ISBN 978-1-907090-51-6 At long last! What a delight to see an anthology of British prose poetry. As the...
by Kate Birch | Dec 25, 2010 | 12 days 2010, Prose & Poetry
Reunion ‘Let his path be covered all in red, so Justice can lead him back into his home’ Clytaemnestra I Welcome home, husband. At last. Observe, I spread this, a red carpet at your feet. Greet your pretty children. Walk with me and watch me work....