Camellias
Camellias window-dress
garden hedge storefronts
refreshed for spring with
vamped-up lipstick shades
pouting at glossy-leaved
counters as their unfurled
petals waft heady scent
to ogling bees stamens
rumpled by pollen kisses
Montbretias
Lanky border guards
bayonets fixed keep
autumn at bay stand
on watch with flowers
aglow like cigar butts
toking bonfire smoke
lay down arms to hole
up in trenches polish
muddy roots ready
for spring offensives
Kate Meyer-Currey was born in 1969 and moved to Devon in 1973. A varied career in frontline settings has fuelled her interest in gritty urbanism, contrasted with a rural upbringing. Her ADHD also instils a sense of ‘other’ in her life and writing.
She has had over eighty poems published. Her first chapbook ‘County Lines’ (Dancing Girl Press) comes out this Autumn. Her second, ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ (Contraband Books) is due out in February 2022.