The Starbeck Orion Issue #6 Showcasing: Peter J Donnelly, Page 16 of 25

A Feast Of Words And Image

Half an Hour in Hawes previously appeared in the Lothlorien Poetry Journal on 9 June 2024:

https://lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2024/06/three-poems-by-peter-jonnelly.html?spre

From The Wombwell Rainbow Book Interview about Peter’s collection Second of August:

Q:9. It is very rare to find a poem in this collection that doesn't have numbers in it? Is this deliberate?

This was not deliberate. I am not numerate at all. I have attempted a GCSE maths exam three times and each time failed, never managing to get a higher grade than a D. But I suppose maths is a bit like music,  I can’t do it but I have an appreciation of it, and understand its importance. More unconsciously than music,  it creeps its way into my writing