No nudge or wink is needed dear – we know this suspect from the news; dark passage, poorly lit, night hawk, no site for self-respecting soul. With silhouette identikit unknown if coming, going, here, blank face or hair behind black mask; he’ll not be caught, face punishment, have bars to limit where he walks, no jail, nor walk the plank, just bail – assume this hoodywinking male – so typical of youth today. A threat to our suburbia – an enemy of state, that’s clear.
This river pier with tidal reach, by current waves, sad moods awash, grim space where jumpers soon conclude, has light, illuminating route. As volunteer, despite her Dad – who left do-gooding well alone – she was returning from the club, Down’s syndrome hour on Friday nights. A chilly evening, homeward found – why the warm hoody round her ears. Had it been a fur collar turned, a college scarf about her mouth or covid mask tied round her ears, the label would not be applied.
My name is Stephen Kingsnorth. I am 68 and retired from ministry in the Methodist Church, living in north Wales. To retain appearance on my blog https://poetrykingsnorth.wordpress.com/ a piece must be accepted by a publisher and/or ‘liked’ by a reader.
I have had some 190 pieces accepted for publication online by Nine Muses Poetry, Voices Poetry, Eunoia Review, Runcible Spoon, Ink Sweat and Tears, The Poetry Village, Amethyst Review, Softblow Literary Journal, From the Edge, Soul-Lit, Sparks of Calliope, Academy of the Heart and Mind, Allegro, Ekphrastic Review, The Recusant, Militant Thistles, Visual Verse, Another North, Literary Yard, Poetry Potion, Former People Journal, Poetry Space, Clavmag, Twisted Vine Literary Journal, Indolent Books, The Writers' Café, A New Ulster Literary Journal, Love-Wrexham Magazine, Lighten Up Online, Young Ravens Literary Review, Here Comes Everyone Magazine; and Gold Dust, The Seventh Quarry, The Dawntreader, Foxtrot Uniform print poetry magazines, Vita Brevis' Anthology 'Pain and Renewal' and Fly on the Wall Press 'Identity'.
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