Pine nuts at lunchtime by Denise O’Hagan

Pine nuts at lunchtime by Denise O’Hagan

Art: Boré Ivanoff PINE NUTS AT LUNCHTIME It was in the way of things That a casual sighting in a supermarket trolley In front of me of a packet of nuts And I was a girl again Delighting in that lunch-hour of freedom From sitting straight-backed, blank-eyed At...
Before the party by Denise O’Hagan

Before the party by Denise O’Hagan

Art: A City for All by Aphrodite Lutz BEFORE THE PARTY It must have just stopped raining When we arrived. The road, licked for hours By the quiet slap of countless passing tyres, Gleamed blackly under the streetlamps Like wet liquorice. We sat for a moment Watching...
What was by Denise O’Hagan

What was by Denise O’Hagan

Art: Cyril Larvor WHAT WAS In the kitchen I stand Tracksuit-clad and blinking As the click of the front door shuts The sounds of the day away. I snuff the gas And the subterranean gurgling fades to naught As, like a latter-day suburban witch Leaning over her...