Category Brave New Words

Art by Gary Reddin   Really Dead When is someone really dead, Is it when they are shot Through the heart? Or when they have an Incurable disease? Or maybe even when they drink A soup of poisonous mushrooms?…

Art by Lynn MacPherson   Reflection A dark night dressed in clouds Hidden amongst them, the full moon’s out This type of scenario is rarely seen Especially on All Hallow’s Eve. I leave my house to get fresh air…

Art by Lynn MacPherson   Used Up   I am the brown leaf of autumn clinging to the tree On its last breath of life before it leaves I am a picture book with faded colour I’m a show…

Art by Mark Conlan    Match Day This is where the training matters The hours on end spent out in the cold Where the times you felt like quitting Where the times you didn’t quit This is where it all…

Art by Lynn MacPherson   Snow Washes Clean When nights are cold And Christmas begins to unfold The lights are shining And we are all fine dining Gifts are given And white lies are forgiven Christmas time is truly…

Art by Gabriela Joyce   Picturing You I’m painting a picture inside my head of your hands wrapping around my waist, like overgrown flowers on a gate, your soft eyes looking down at me, lighting my world as the…