Thrift
In the shadow of Drumadoon
the pink bobble headed Thrift
stitch the bones of basalt scree
summer’s wreath for the cold
stone that once rose angry red
hot columns pastry cut pressed
into the science of my camera.
John G. Hall was founding editor of radical arts magazine Citizen32 & was a political activist in the 1980’s.He has a degree in English Literature & Creative Writing from the University of Salford & organises a local community workshop in Manchester & has organised writers retreats on the island of Arran for the past 15 years. His last collection was Making the Dark Visible, published by ‘Some Roast Poet’, edited by Adrian Slatcher, illustrated by Sarah Peploe.