by Sofía Masondo | Oct 31, 2024 | Featured, Poetry
Pink Flame My father stitched an evening with current ripples spill over rocks and shadows gather at the corner, Something sweet he whispered, repeated in present tense, joy he folded with care and never used it. He hung his favourite portrait on...
by Sofía Masondo | Oct 30, 2024 | Featured, Poetry
BIG BLISS i was standing very still my mind on the mundane when a bee hit me smashed right into my chest oh! immediately i got a burst of bush fragrance musk & sweet & slightly eucalypt & delicate & wild sense jumped off the sprocket / turned inside...
by Sofía Masondo | Oct 29, 2024 | Featured, Poetry
Taxi I took shelter under a tree, where you also sheltered. You looked at me awkwardly, as if to say Excuse me before shaking your feathers – a tiny droplet landed on my cheek. Suspended, we held each other responsible for the silence. We listened to the...
by Sofía Masondo | Oct 28, 2024 | Featured, Poetry
Roses Sad how things expire before you work out what they mean. Like earlier I was noticing the rose petals on the path, all damp and slick, and thinking how I will never be truly happy for a thousand uncontested reasons. But now, things are clearing up. I look at the...
by Sofía Masondo | Oct 27, 2024 | Featured, Poetry
For the Peregrines of Offham Chalk Pit The quarry holds your eyrie like a grateful palm. You – indelicate gobber all gape and gum-pink circled in the beach white like a mouth stuck in wonder. O spit-shrieker coming back for yourself, tearing fur so diligently,...
by Sofía Masondo | Oct 26, 2024 | Featured, Poetry
Give Me Some Sparkle, and I’ll Pay You What You Ask For The cat puts his paw on my hair, and I think about where we could go if we weren’t here. Maybe the nail salon, which seems like a good destination for kill time Saturdays. Except that the proprietor always...
