KATE ENNALS Kate Ennals has published poems and short stories in a range of literary and on-line journals (Crannog, Skylight 47, Honest Ulsterman, The International Lakeview Journal, Boyne Berries, North West Words, Crossways, The Ogham Stone, Poetry Ireland Review, plus many more). She has published three collections of poetry. At The Edge (Lapwing) was published in 2015. Threads (Lapwing), was published in April 2018. Elsewhere (Vole Imprint), in November 21. Her fourth, Practically A Wake, will be published in 2024 (Salmon Poetry).
A Daisy Chain for my Father The curve of his spine as he sits at the table The whisper of page as he skims his paper The gigantic of we with me on his shoulders The clam of his forehead clutched by my fingers The brick of pub wall beneath my plump legs The twist of blue salt in a crinkle of crisps The cleft of his chin under the thin of his lips The rise / fall of his belly through his afternoon kip The delicate of daisies I thread to chain him to me The snap when he wakes and shakes me away.
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