Dispatches from the Field

‘COME BACK SOON 2’ BY LIAM SYMES ‘Some days, although we cannot pray, a prayer utters itself. So, a woman will lift her head from the sieve of her hands and stare at the minims sung by a tree, a sudden gift.’ CAROL ANN DUFFY

‘LONDON VISTA’ BY NINA STALLWOOD ‘Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields, […]

‘EVENING LAKE’ BY THOMAS CAMERON ‘Unwearied still, lover by lover, They paddle in the cold Companionable streams or climb the air; Their hearts have not grown old; Passion or conquest, wander where they will, Attend upon them still. But now they drift on the still water, Mysterious, beautiful; Among what rushes will they build, By what […]

“Based on nature’s forces and dynamism, my work is largely concerned with nature’s affinity with reclaiming what belongs to it. It focuses on the ‘slow burn’ that occurs in all living things and their surroundings.” – Sara Oskarsson See into the world of