So this is the last pick from our special guest editor, Clive Birnie of Burning Eye Books - thanks Clive! We promise that he saw all submissions fully anonymised, so it is just a testament to the consistency of his editorial tastes that he chose poems by two poets from the Burning Eye stable! This … Continue reading Written when freshly moved… by Jemima Foxtrot
Author: Kirsten Luckins
Poet and performer.
North East Programme Co-ordinator for Apples and Snakes.
First collection, The Trouble With Compassion, launched March 2016 and available from Burning Eye Books.
First solo show, The Moon Cannot Be Stolen, voted second in Saboteur Awards 2014. Second show currently under construction.
Poet-in-Residence at the Heroism & Heartbreak project, Hartlepool Community Archive, looking at WW1 maritime stories.
13 Wallside by Sara Hirsch
In selecting this short prose-poem by Sara Hirsch, our guest editor Clive Birnie says "another editor once said to me that it can be the smallest detail in a poem that makes it stand out. Here, that detail is 'a little plastic voice'." 13 Wallside The first time we visit it is vacant except for … Continue reading 13 Wallside by Sara Hirsch
How To Build A Home by Sarah L Dixon
Guest editor Clive Birnie selected this poem because, he says, "I love the reflections of sounds; diaries, fairies..." How to build a home after Clare Shaw Cover the bare bulbs with tassels and shades that take the light and warm and dull it. Place boots in the hallway. They will tangle into a comfortable … Continue reading How To Build A Home by Sarah L Dixon
Shift by Rob Walton
A welcome return for a Celebrating Change regular, Rob Walton, with a short and atmospheric poem that grabbed our guest editor Clive Birnie's attention. Clive says "there is so much unsaid here - and last night I slept in a house where you go downstairs to the bedroom!" Shift I’ve been frying this cheap mince for … Continue reading Shift by Rob Walton
Then by Hannah Stone
The second of our 'changing home' poetry choices by guest editor Clive Birnie is by Hannah Stone. Clive says "I chose this one for 'the dust that settled on all the things I didn’t do'. I think we can all recognise that sentiment." Then When it’s time for me to take home my bones I will … Continue reading Then by Hannah Stone
Three poems by Jane Burn
Welcome to this edition of Celebrating Change, kicking off our short season of poems about 'changing home', selected by very special guest editor Clive Birnie. Clive is founder and editor at award-winning independent press, Burning Eye. He's also an artist and a writer of poetry and prose, with an interest in experimental forms using blackout, … Continue reading Three poems by Jane Burn
Message to my 16-year-old self by Rachel Burns
And we end our set of poems about change of identity with one that our guest editor, Degna Stone, says "is a change that feels familiar, the move from idealistic teen to cynical grown up..." Home from the late shift serving lobster and guinea fowl to the rich folk at The Stile Restaurant. I rub … Continue reading Message to my 16-year-old self by Rachel Burns
