To Sleep
To sleep well the body must
start
embellishing
decorated sheets
pots too, and postcards
painted
gilded
gleaming
Francesca Brooks is a writer and researcher, living in Manchester and working at the University of York. Francesca’s poetry and essays have been published with PN Review, gorse, 3AM Magazine’s Poem Brut series, Tentacular, and Propel Magazine, amongst others. In 2021 she was longlisted for Primers 6 with Nine Arches Press.