A Poem by Penelope Shuttle

all souls night

in the dark
in the dark
weaving gold
into straw

hours go by
oh grief
you tender thing
dear tender thing

Penelope Shuttle lives in Cornwall. Her most recent publications are Lyonesse, published in June 2021 (Bloodaxe Books), and Covid/Corvid, a pamphlet in collaboration with Alyson Hallett (Broken Sleep Books). She is currently working on a new collection, History of the Child.