The last day of our acquaintance – Sharon Olds’ Stag’s Leap
Titian – Venus and Adonis (detail) – (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In his Venus and Adonis, Shakespeare’s goddess attempts to seduce the …
Category Archives: Cape Poetry
Living in a box – Sean Borodale’s Bee Journal
It began as an idle thrumbing, blending with the shiver of the branches. The path ahead looked the same as …
The Passionate Shepherd – Leontia Flynn’s These Days
Friends were surprised when I said that my narrowboat wouldn’t prove popular with the ladies. ‘What’, they asked ‘about the …
All you need is love – Mark Doty’s Theories and Apparitions
My childhood soft toy, a blue waistcoated Peter Rabbit, is a mess. You might expect him to be threadbare after …
Belfast Child – Leontia Flynn’s Drives
I was standing at the counter of a Belfast tourist office watching as a biro was waved over a map. …
Cigarettes and Alcohol – John Hartley Williams’ Café des Artistes
The world’s weirder than we imagine. On a whim, I drove to the Uffington White Horse for the winter solstice. …
Kissing a Saint’s Stomach Lining – Adam Thorpe’s Voluntary
The strangest thing I’ve kissed is a section of stomach lining belonging to the Blessed Ralph Sherwin. He’s an old …
Instagram for the soul – Sam Willetts’ New Light for the Old Dark
Buy New Light for the Old Dark from Jonathan Cape There was always something cringeworthy about family snaps. As Philip …
The vibrator in the drawer – Leontia Flynn’s Profit and Loss
Buy Profit and Loss from Cape Poetry There is something uncanny about houses. Especially other people’s and especially shared …
