Thoughts of a Soo

I popped into Mold Bookshop on Saturday 22nd May 2021 to sign some copies of my poetry collection which has now been in the world for just over half a year. This felt good and I like the fact that I am wearing my 'Wonderfully wild and dark' sweatshirt. These words were used by Liz Berry to describe an early draft of my poem 'Flamingo' which I sent to her after being inspired by her poem 'Bird' whilst studying for my MA in Creative Writing. I was so excited that a poet I admired attributed these words to something I was working on that I got this sweatshirt made (thank you Lisa Macario ). You can listen to 'Bird' by Liz Berry here.

 Two poems for Dawn Chorus Day:   It is Not About Dawn   It is about that moment before the dark time breaks, being present in the silence, standing still in an exact moment.   It is all about when that first bird sings.   First light,   the fact that there is an order, that layer upon layer sculpts the day’s beginning.   It is about discovering how long it takes before the crow starts to echo back with his rough cruck, cruck answers.       Dawn Chorus   Your bed was a lazy lover, warm and familiar, holding you.   Yet soon the birds would be waking, mapping out a set of songs to greet the moon-washed sky.   I waited for you to free yourself to stand and listen as the mist thinned so we, too, could welcome the new day.