a sow

laden with flush
heavy motherhood

sat on a sofa
across

i awaited piglets
motion squeak eager

but no
was seeing

swirl pattern
curtain collar

soft pink shirt
blood red buttons

a man
there’d be no wee

battering about
just snarky comments

later

the liberation of [placeholder]

I find your style, visually and verbally, engaging and individual while utterly without posturing. Which is not the norm on any count. (Randolph Healy)

A work of art and a labour of love, worth every penny of the 16 pound asking price, The Liberation of [Placeholder] will grace any coffee table. More please. … I want to hold [this] up as a model for where, in this digital age, poetry in print should be bound. Poetry collections as artefacts …. (The Journal, Autumn 2012)