Walking the streets I saw from your shoulders in childhood, I remember the important places; I cross them with my feet. The line where the stag beetle trundled before us, gleaming. The patch on the road that held one squashed frog, sun-dried to leather. How sad I was. I respectfully avoid the lords and ladies, […]
Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall is co-author of Meet Us and Eat Us: Food plants from around the world, which celebrates biodiversity in poetry, prose, and fine art photography. Her poetry is published by The Hedgehog Poetry Press, Candlestick Press, Mslexia, Thimble Lit Mag, and Amethyst Review. Visit theedgeofthewoods.uk, @rowansarered on Twitter/Facebook, and @meetusandeatus on Instagram.
What Comes To Hand
Plunging my hand into my bag, hoping for the right set of keys out of three, I find the shriveled conker. Puckered, unlovely, anal. When I stopped in the street to claim its shine it was the radiant sun and all autumn goodness. A charm against spiders. A childhood’s gloating treasure. It was glossy, new […]