The Less Than Perfect Legend of Donna CreosoteDonna Crick Oakley walks on six inches of stories every day. She may live on the top floor of a tower block but she still pads her walls and floor with books to shut the real world further out. Or do they only shut her in? Armed with her myths and medieval adventures, Donna sets out to escape her isolation and change her home town to better suit her dreams. The Less Than Perfect Legend of Donna Creosote is a modern fairy tale from the inner city,

ISBN: 9781854114921) which won a London Festival Fringe First Book Prize and she has edited the anthology Infinite Difference: Other Poetries by UK Women Poets (Shearsman)

"The power of these poems isn't to be underestimated: their apparent simplicity arises from well-digested experience and a habit of accurate observation

where copperhead snakes fall out of branches and ‘magnolia cones / thum[p] the roofs’ of wooden outhouses

accessible verse coincided with the rise of the Georgian Poets and he was championed by Edward Thomas

” – Ferdia McAnna

Boulder must decide where her priorities lie

but they are happy together and have fun in the sun and in the rain (though sometimes they get a bit cold)

The Last Crossing beautifully articulates its principal theme: the harsh realities that face migrants in Oman

which should be treated with respect (Daffodils are Dangerous)

Rabia’a al-Ossaimi: A poem Family Photo

it confronts the raw emotions of crisis

Mairéad Byrne