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Sue Spiers

 

 

 

Thirsty Shadow

the kind of being
that won’t post
an image
of what they
look like
but wants you
to love them
to praise them
while they lurk
behind
a grey thumbnail
without features
using mantras
fierce hot
feel the heat
just a little sip

 

 

Sue Spiers works with Winchester Poetry Festival. Her poems have appeared in Acumen, The North, South, The High Window and Ink, Sweat & Tears. She won the Shepton Mallet poetry prize in 2024 and was longlisted in the 2023/4 National Poetry Competition. Her pamphlet: A Wallet of Creature Poems was published by Hedgehog Press in June 2024.

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