Title: January
Author: Hayley Shields
Number: 43/100
Allocated postcode: EH10
January
Tenements blush as weather
changes the colour of their skin.
From their eyes we’ve seen
hogmanay explosions
dye small corners of our sky.
But now, all around – in gardens;
through mushed tracks
by the Hermitage,
hard with frost; the hostile
trickle of the Braid burn;
even the overgrown rails
of Morningside Station –
the hush of midnight whispers.
A murmur rippling through
the silver edged blades
of grass, as they bathe
in muddled starlight.
The smell of smoke hovers
over these slush-scarred streets.
Footprints weigh heavy
as the ground clings to my feet,
glutinous, greedy to stick
close to anything warm.
[...] Newington, EH9 by Andrew C Fergusson No. 42: Gallows-birds and Graveyards by Hayley Shields No. 43: January by Hayley Shields No. 44: Southside II & III by Lauren Pope No. 45: Perfume by Magnus Huntly-Grant No. 46: His [...]
[...] January by Hayley Shields “A murmur rippling through the silver edged blades of grass, as they bathe in muddled starlight…” [...]
[...] January by Hayley Shields “A murmur rippling through the silver edged blades of grass, as they bathe in muddled starlight…” [...]
[...] Newington, EH9 by Andrew C Fergusson No. 42: Gallows-birds and Graveyards by Hayley Shields No. 43: January by Hayley Shields No. 44: Southside II & III by Lauren Pope No. 45: Perfume by Magnus Huntly-Grant No. 46: His [...]