Caroline Bracken

Winner of the 2024 International Book and Pamphlet Competition for Boy, Mother and can be a deadpan but very thoughtful and observant poet based in Dublin. Here is an extract from one of her recent poems and a link to the rest. Finding Yourself Without Going to an Ashram Think about canary yellow things –Continue reading “Caroline Bracken”

Poetry Page

If you have a moment then please take a look at this new page where you can find the links to my blog posts with my own poetry in. I write about issues such as my difficult childhood, and my feelings about the late Queen’s possible demise in the pandemic amongst others.

The Colour Turquoise

– My Poems (3) Hot long days and water fights, We three young graces Playing chasing games With the French girls in their bustiers Bound firmly in place with multiple straps. Why me? Aqua. Girl guides’ blouses bursting out all over. He couldn’t be trusted with a map on the moor. And the swans swamContinue reading “The Colour Turquoise”