by Elontra Hall | Oct 15, 2025 | Featured, Poetry, Word & Image
A zuihitsu of strings A zuihitsu of strings for Ying A lacquer table, gloss under fingertips. A raised stage with dark linen. A young woman smiles with her hand-held harp, its nine strings glistening. The room swells with the cadence of her pearly...
by Elontra Hall | Oct 13, 2025 | Reviews
In Praise of Mate Arias by Lewis Buxton Disclosure: Lewis is a friend and a fellow Norwich-dweller who I’ve known now for a number of years. I can claim no expertise in the parks and avenues of male friendship. Mate Arias from The Emma Press is Lewis Buxton’s first...
by Elontra Hall | Oct 9, 2025 | Featured, Poetry
Four-Leaf Clover We searched so long for that clover. Every time the sun shone we scoured the fields and woods, running past the children playing with skipping ropes and hula hoops. Then you came to me and said you found one. The tape transparent...
by Elontra Hall | Oct 8, 2025 | Featured, Poetry
The Headteacher Counts Down to the School Firework Display for BB 10 Children dart in the dark, screamers streaming sweets and neon, their parents 9 huddling, clutching wholesale beers sold for a profit by the PTA 8 So many...
by Elontra Hall | Oct 7, 2025 | Featured, Poetry
Summer Days Those hot hot summer days. Hair curling against sticky clammy foreheads. Pony tails, pig tails or braids. Keep it off our neck and backs. Sometimes we’d skinny dip in the middle of the afternoon. Having a glorious time being mermaids,...
