THE UNSPOKEN

LJ IRETON

In the quiet in-between -

Liquid mirror purple dark,

The spirit of the Sun

Lingers

Like perfume the fox cubs sniff and pounce,

While the adults wait for the moon,

Heady, expectant -

For truths drawn out and

Dreams pinned under the heavy sun

To crawl silver

From the earth.

It is the time of the crepuscular,

The knowing - 

Follow the cats, they sense the turning

In this grey, 

When vision of your hands fades

But the unspoken is growing,

Black rose word petals appear - 

The lines of poetry breathe

With the breath of creatures

Raising their heads. 

LJ is a vegan poet and bookseller from London. Her poems have been published by numerous journals both in print and online, including: Green Ink Poetry, The Madrigal, Spellbinder Literary Magazine, Drawn to the Light, Tiny Seed Journal and Flint Magazine.

Her poetry features in the printed anthologies 'Spectrum: Poetry Celebrating Identity' by Renard Press, 2022 and 'York Literary Review 2023' by Valley Press. Her debut poetry collection 'Lessons from the Sky' is coming soon with Ellipsis Imprints.