Browse all of the pieces that were submitted to our theme WILD.
Well-dressed celebrity
Zoe Davis’ beautiful poems detail two exceptional encounters with nature.
Wildness Wins
Finn Cassidy’s poem revels in the frightening and disorientating experience of a mountain storm.
‘On birds and the moon’ and ‘When I was young and wild’
Clara Bush Vadala’s poems delve into memory and nature.
The house where you were supposed to be happy
Katrina Dybzynska’s meditative poem considers the beauty of the natural world, loneliness, and a return to poetry.
33 Coast Road
Delving into a night time seascape, Christina Hennemann’s evocative poem draws upon the mythical.
‘To Love A Crow’ and ‘Wild on American Soil’
Filled with longing, thought, and hope, Andrea Marin Contreras’ poems consider family, migration, and place.
As the crow flies
Victoria Bromley’s short story considers the emotions that accompany a long-distance relationship, and whether any other animals experience them.
‘Brain’ and ‘Getaway’
Devon Neal’s thoughtful poems consider self-actualisation in the natural world.
My First Bird
Capturing the power of a kestrel, Gerard Walsh’s poem considers our relationship with animals.
‘Where Eider Call’ and ‘Night Walk’
Anna Quarendon’s poems delight in intricate islands, seascapes, and their avian inhabitants.
Coastal Path: St Ives to Zennor
Filled with rich imagery, Jane Killingbeck’s poem explores the beauty and danger of Cornwall’s coffin path.
The Elder
Filled with beauty and loss, Lucy Thorneycroft’s short story considers how much nature has to offer, and how much we should respect it.
‘trying too hard to catch a monarch’ and ‘wild child’
Filled with a sense of longing, Sofia Jarski’s poems dive into nature and memory.
The unintended consequences of travel
Caroline Johnstone’s poem delights in the journey of a bee.
‘Muntjac’ and ‘The New Estates’
Filled with rich imagery, Ilse Pedler’s poems pay tribute to the muntjac and consider the wildlife on the fringes of our societies.
‘Sparrow in the Departure Lounge’ and ‘Silver Birches’
Suzanna Fitzpatrick’s intricate poems meditate on two beautiful, everyday moments.
Changing Skies
Anna Mallikarjunan’s essay follows a family of ducks, and considers our relationship with nature.
‘Wild Garlic’ and ‘Wild Heart’
Bursting with an infectious love for the natural world, Anna Maughan’s poems meditate on the joy of wild garlic and how nature can make us feel.
Shinrin-yoku
Paul atten Ash’s poem draws upon shinrin-yoku: the Japanese practice of forest bathing.
‘In the Underwood’ and ‘Rockfleet’
Filled with rich and beautiful imagery, Alan Magee’s poems detail two experiences in nature.
Carrowkeel Passage Tomb
Ann Marie Dunne’s poem considers the beauty and rich history of a Carrowkeel Passage tomb in County Sligo, Ireland.
‘Displacement’ and ‘Renewal’
Tadhg Carey’s rich poems detail an encounter with a heron near Athlone and an experience at the Lough Boora Mesolithic Site.
Tabby’s Morning Gift
Stella Hervey Birrell’s visceral poem details the moment a tabby cat brings its owner a morbid gift.
‘Feral Calico’ and ‘Henry Returns’
Tim Dwyer’s poems detail two encounters with a local, feral cat.
‘Snake’ and ‘The Hedge’
Jeremy Gadd’s poems detail two mesmerising interactions with animals.
‘Seeking Disaster on a Thursday Afternoon’ and ‘Eden’
River Snowdrop’s poems revel in both the beauty and harshness of nature.
Bread & Butter
Stephen Mead’s poem revels in a garden’s beauty and how private, personal interactions with plants can make us feel.
Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife
Drawing upon the painting ‘Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife’, Silvia Rose’s flash fiction piece considers the perspective and imaginings of the eponymous wife.
Water Sports
Noel King’s poem guides us through a series of dream scenes and meditates on love, loss, and confusion.
‘mustard’ and ‘Semi-precious’
Bursting with joy and rich imagery, Lauren K. Nixon’s beautiful poems pay tribute to mustard and water pools.
‘Milk Me the Glands of the Mulga King’ and ‘Cottonmouth Pastoral’
Samuel Prince’s atmospheric poems chart the courses of snakes and herpetologists.
The best sloes come from high blackthorn bones
Sandra Noel’s beautiful poem charts the harvesting of sloes.
Winter Awakening
Lucy Ann Unwin’s flash fiction piece focuses on cold water swimming, and considers whether the sea has seasons.
All Winter Long the Slumbering Fox
Ciaran McDermott’s rich and intricate poem considers the dreams of a fox in winter.
‘Friend and Wild’ and ‘True North’
Filled with a sense of adventure and a fable-like quality, Kimberley Pager-McClymont’s poems consider how we interact with and are affected by nature.
Let Me Imagine
Filled with rich and beautiful imagery, Blake Everitt’s poem imagines and longs for an experience in nature.
Philosophy Lesson
Anne Mikusinski’s delicate poem considers the leap of faith we take as writers.
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