What Willow Says Mairide Woods The narrator endures the company

The narrator endures the company of both pathetic and incorrigible characters while struggling to reconcile her idealization of The Modern Marriage with the painful reality of life with a philandering husband

six poems from Interments

These poems are stylish

Jan Twardowski

What Willow Says Mairide Woods The narrator endures the companyWinner of The Barbellion Prize 2021 Sharing stories of myths, legends and ancient bogs, a deaf child and her grandmother experiment with the lyrical beauty of sign language. Learning to communicate through their shared love of trees they find solace in the shapes and susurrations of leaves in the wind. A poignant tale of family bonding and the quiet acceptance of change.