Street seasons
Summer was marked out In the red curve of watermelon slices, Dripping water pearls from a tiered rack. That russet-tinted after-season, autumn, Blew in with the leaves, moist and cool: By late afternoon, the pavements blushed. Coiled in the sweet Christmas smell Of ember-warm, shell-cracking chestnuts, Lay winter, in rough newspaper cones. As the air quickened and buds thickened Spring slipped in, like a half-smile, And the watermelons grew plump. First published in Vox Galvia, Galway Advertiser, Ireland, 20 November 2020 https://www.advertiser.ie/galway Longlisted in the Segora International Poetry Competition, France, 2020 https://www.poetryproseandplays.com/poetry.htm 3 Re-published Poems from Denise O’Hagan Bio: Denise O’Hagan is an award-winning editor and poet, born in Rome and based in Sydney. With a background in commercial book publishing in London and Sydney, she set up her own imprint, Black Quill Press, in 2015 to assist independent authors. Recipient of the Dalkey Poetry Prize, her work appears in various journals including The Copperfield Review, The Ekphrastic Review, Quadrant, Books Ireland, Eureka Street and Hecate. Her second poetry collection, Anamnesis, is due to be published in October 2022 (Recent Work Press). https://denise-ohagan.com
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