I’m listening to Hurt, which Johnny Cash
now sings: the needle’s in his voice, a ghost
lends him its wings, and even with the clash ...
‘the house of water’ by Alana Kelsall
I crumple the sea in my dreams wake
to the shallow pool of my head
I should go North lose weight catch up
with the other divers hear words slip jelly-like ...
‘everything we ever changed our minds about’ by Sean M Whelan
you told me
you loved it when the trees changed their minds
and covered the ground
with a million veined post-it notes ...
‘Night Frequencies’ by David McCooey
The lights in the street
are gold or white or blue.
The primitive grass says nothing
of what’s to come. ...
‘da Vinci’s List’ by Alicia Sometimes
Leonardo da Vinci wrote a list
of things he wanted to know:
the cause of tickling
the tongue of the woodpecker ...
