Welcome To The Starbeck Orion Summer Feast Of Poetry And Artwork. Day Five features the poetry of Susan Darlington.
A Feast Of Words And Image
Susan Darlington’s poetry regularly explores the female experience through nature-based symbolism and stories of transformation.
Susan’s work has been published in Northern Gravy, Dreich, Dream Catcher, One Hand Clapping, and Hedgehog Press among others. It has also been placed in Black Cat Poetry Press’ ‘nature’ competition and the RNLI Sheringham’s 200 ‘Carry Us Home’ competition. She has published two pamphlets: ‘Traumatropic Heart’ (Selcouth Station Press, 2021) and ’Never Wear White’ (Alien Buddha Press, 2022). In her spare time she reviews music and theatre for publications including the Yorkshire Post, Rock’n’Reel, and Morning Star.
I've really enjoyed these poems. What lives women live.
Smashing reading too with a great Yorkshire accent.
Brilliant! I lived four years in England between the ages of 8-12 and saw things there I shall never forget! These poems describe my experience as well and vividly. I ventured out one day to Lower Heyford and was lucky to make it back alive. The boys nearly threw me and my bike and kidnapped my girlfriend for a while to terrorize her. I am grateful for the experience as it formed my life. So many times I was just fortunate to know how to survive the stalkers in London and on the trains as well as the countryside. Female experience whether you are deemed pretty or ugly by them.