After Emily Dickinson – The Bible’s just a book – Right?

“They will go, like sheep to the slaughter” – keeps ringing in my ears, ” It will come like a thief in the night” – seems poignant and clear, ” For the former things have passed away” – definite, and true, “Many will be deceived” – passionate, yet confirming fear, And then, “Neither will there

Cord – a poem – 2008

I thought I would publish a few poems I wrote as an undergraduate in 2008 whilst I continue to rewrite the essays, which is proving time-consuming to get right. I tried to sever The umbilical cord But your mother had cleverly tied it with a neat little bow to her eyelashes