Monthly Archives: October 2012

River

Posted on October 31, 2012 by sophiewellstood

For my cousin, Suzy Barratt   It was just so: suddenly the air was soft mown grass although the tower blocks, the shouting and the dogs held the evening ugly   a smile pulled my face and I stepped into an … Continue reading →

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All Your Days

Posted on October 31, 2012 by sophiewellstood

For my cousin, Suzy Barratt   Not you, but us moving out of the harbour. Cold hands haul knots and rope, we shout farewell and wave and weep for this day. The horizon will not return us and you will … Continue reading →

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Tiger Feet

Posted on October 31, 2012 by sophiewellstood

    Tiger Feet I got to the club at about six thirty, more or less, dressed to kill. When I say club, I mean Ettington Youth Club, England, 1974. There are clubs I go to nowadays which you may … Continue reading →

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invisible kisses

Posted on October 31, 2012 by sophiewellstood

In an earlier incarnation – i.e. in my twenties, I might have claimed that marriage is an institution, and women don’t need to be put in institutions. And I would have been quite right, up to a point. The whole … Continue reading →

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