Divining Wellness by Stephen Kingsnorth

[tabby title="Poem"] With threnody of global cries,excruciating pains of war,I worry that my self-concernscreams inappropriate to air. And yet inside my head, confused,lost memories, dementia hints,entanglements of synapse threads,diffused, every thought everywhere,as strewn, flung, scattered, round about,me dizzy in carousal...

Common Ground by Stephen Kingsnorth

[tabby title="Poem"] It’s muscle memory in playthat rules our movement through stretched days,habitual practice, gravity,the centre of our core response,as limbs explore this living space.Positions held, a stance recalled,en pointe, with confidence maintainedmeans tendu, plié, arabesque,all taken in their stride...

Grave Consequence by Stephen Kingsnorth

[tabby title="Poem"] It’s strange to think that autumn’s heart -life-giving death through auxin’s seep,that toxin pumped into those veins -the charge to leave, be sacrifice. So when time calls, obedience,down to its grave, as fall intends,but like the harrowing of...

Pottery Poetry Stephen Kingsnorth

[tabby title="Poem"] Here’s pottery, poetry, hear!Whole verse shaped, moulded from the wheel,as if the hand of God involvedwhichever deity is yours,whatever muse you choose to think. The dirty work lies dealing clay.that earthenware so near despair,unforgiving, cold itself,till terracotta scene,...

Supple Poets by Stephen Kingsnorth

[tabby title="Poem"] As brash and forthright brought to bear,space barely left to air a view,so at our door the need to deal;call supple minds to exercisethe art of subtle, writers’ trade. When flames lick freedoms, burning books.arresting words to be...