SNAKESKIN: The Poetry Webzine

A Few Favourite Things

Beetroot, puffins, barn owls, sheep,
silence, Marmite, pillows, sleep,
naked swimming, hugging trees,
Seamus Heaney, Scotsmen’s knees,
misty mornings, linnets, larks,
Mary Poppins, London parks,
Joni Mitchell, cheese on toast,
candlelight, the Holy Ghost,
railway stations, Exmoor Zoo,
Mahler’s 9th and Paddington 2,
oboes, pine cones, pangolins,
several of the deadly sins,
piccalilli, pie and mash,
limericks by Ogden Nash,
Christmas Eve, the Ning Nang Nong,
levity, brevity, soul and song.

Annie Fisher

Missing the Man Next Door by Annie Fisher: The enigmatic ‘man next door’ is a recurring presence in these poems which deal with loss of various sorts. There is an acknowledgement that ‘the living always have unfinished business with the dead’ and that humour is vital as a means of personal survival.

Available from Mariscat Press: Mariscat Press & Hamish Whyte

If you have any thoughts about this poem or this publication, Annie Fisher would be pleased to hear them