POETRY
Since 2019, Trish has had her poems published in a variety of magazines and anthologies. Previously posted poems are here.
Published Poems
Magazines
Autumn 2023, Issue No 102
English as a Foreign Language
May 2021, Issue No 26
Absence
November 2019, Issue No 45
Cracks (Edited version in Beyond Caring, as “The Ground Beneath Our Feet”)
November 2019, Issue No 86
Something to Celebrate (Edited version In Beyond Caring, as “Brother S comments on reaching the age of 23”)
Waiting in Intensive Care (Edited Version In Beyond Caring)
(Indigo Dreams Publishing) 2019-2023
More than a magazine, Reach is a community of poets supporting those new to publishing, voting on favourite poems each month and sending comments.
Keeping Time Vol 299 Dec 2023
Seeing Red Vol 298 Oct 2023
On The Cusp of The Weekend Vol 291 Mar 2023
This Week’s Offering Vol 290 Feb 2023
The Catalogue Vol 285 Aug 2022
Cold Call Vol 282 Apr 2022
Lessons learnt by a Lily Pond Vol 280 Feb 2022
Stories We Tell Vol 277 Nov 2021
Riches Vol 276 Sep 2021
Baby Book Vol 274 Aug 2021
The Importance of Exams Vol 273 Jun 2021
Water Jug Vol 271 Apr 2021
Time Capsule Vol 269 Feb 2021
The Visitor Vol 267 Dec 2020
Support Vol 263 Aug 2020
The Colour of Stationery Vol 261 June 2020 Poem of the Month
Retirement Vol 259 Apr 2020 Also in Beyond Caring
Wordsearch. Vol 254 Nov 2019 Also in Beyond Caring
Is he Dead Yet? Vol 248 May 2019 Also in Beyond Caring
September 2016, Issue No 179
Flight Disabled
Flights e-journal, December 2023, Issue No 11
House Clearance
Rec
March 2024, Issue No 91
Scorched Earth 1970
Tea for Two
School Bus Stop to Home
Poems in Anthologies online
September 2023
After volunteering on a project researching ingredients used
in old remedies, in this case 1737, I wrote the poem ‘The Ballad of The Cherry Tree’, after reading a remedy for The Plague.
May 2022
https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscripts/2022/05/20/poetic
A poetic response to the DH Lawrence Exhibition at Lakeside, Nottingham University. Among other items, were manuscripts that had been edited. One Line In The Story The Odour Of Chrysanthemums had been changed several times, and ultimately omitted.
March 2021
https://poetryandcovidarchive.com/2021/03/28/zooming-in-on-haircuts
Published as part of a POETRY AND COVID project, funded by UK Arts and Humanities Research Council, University of Plymouth and Nottingham Trent University.
2014
https://rethinkyourmind.co.uk/poems-2014/wordly-pleasures-3
Published in The Yellow Book, by Rethink Your Mind. The Yellow Book is a creative, well-being resource published by rethinkyourmind.
Poems in other Collections
2021
Published by Fleet Arts as part of their Derwent Delights project, exploring the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Sites’ rich landscape and history.
2022
Published as part of Nottingham Writer Highway’s anthology 2022, Spinning Threads.
Competitions
2023 Winner
Low Carbon Leamington’s poetry competition on the theme of Low Carbon or Sustainability. Competition judge report, Matt Black.
2020
Awarded a merit in Nottingham Poetry Society’s Competition 2020.
https://nottinghampoetrysociety.wordpress.com/competitions
2016 Winner
Writer’s Forum Poetry Contest winner, Issue 179, 2016.
Poem from the Archive
Seeing Red
Ailsa Craig is spitting pips;
dismissed in this year’s catalogue
as ‘Reliable and Old’!
So what if she’s been around the block?
She resisted blight long before
Red Alert turned up with his heavy
early crop, or Veranda Red boasted
about ripening with no means
of support, or Tumbling Tom Red
came over all macho and nationalistic
about being ‘British Bred’
As for the Artisan, who are the people
who want well-hung rainbow fruits
from Bumble Bee Mix or the Blush Tiger,
elongated and pink?
The Crimsons sound like lipstick
Cocktail, Blush, Cherry, Crush;
the Plums are too Italian
Giulietta, Montello;
the beefsteaks too Mediterranean
in her ‘Reliable and Old ’ opinion.
She’s always had a soft spot
for Gardeners’ Delight – its elegant
long trusses, bite-size fruit, sweet
rich taste, unlike the tangy
Rubylicious all puffed up with her
modern disease resistance.
But she grants that they all,
at least try to be edible, unlike
the pompous Red Bodyguard,
‘most expensive and best tomato’
if all you want is show.
First published in ‘Reach’ poetry magazine, October 2023.
