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.