Category: Poetry

By Laura Monaghan You’re primed on how to plate yourself, from the womb you’re on display. Warned that the last treat left on the shelf, is the first one thrown away. With savage hands they crack you open, your shell, a brittle shield. The tender yolk of you spills golden, too raw to hold, you […]

Childhood summers full of gap-toothed grins,   full up bellies and orange juice dripping down our chins.  Afternoons spent playing ‘til the sun dropped low,  as kids, fun and games are all we know.   Then, winter seeps into our sky, scaring away the sun.   The cold ice there to signify the age of innocence now done.   Shrugged on, like […]

Bordering three suburbs it stood exiled by the urban planners. The house of Eros pierced into the night sky, like a neon obelisk. Its glorious incandescence invited him to treat his desires. Reborn under the sallow glow of the fluorescent lights, he joined the unsavoury flock in their slow march towards it’s doors. From behind […]

I feel like someone else, has a hold of my chest.Like they’ve gripped onto my heart,and won’t let go.I chisel forward, though the bumps and rocks still blunt me.I feel a tiny pin hole in my leg,slowly draining the life out of me. Thoughts come and go,Feelings tend to show.When I feel unwanted,I feel like […]