The best sloes come from high blackthorn bones
By Sandra Noel
Later, we’ll slash open aromas of bygone parties, add autumn-warm to sugar and cheap gin, observe the deepening shade of liqueur, shake weekly to mingle. Bent-stick reach — brambles scratch, thorns spike. But, I already know my disappointment; burst-ripe purple bauble berries steeped in pound foolish gin.
Sandra Noel
Sandra Noel is a poet from Jersey, Channel Islands. She enjoys writing about the ordinary in unusual ways, nature themes and her passion for sea swimming weaving through many of her poems. Sandra has recent poems featured online, in print magazines and anthologies. This year, she has been placed in various competitions, longlisted by Mslexia Women’s Poetry Competition 2023, longlisted for The Butcher’s Dog and shortlisted for Strix. Two of her poems are currently on the buses in Guernsey as winners in the Guernsey International Poetry Competition 2022. Sandra is currently working on her first collection with Yaffle Press.
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