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Literary journal of the Northern Writers Forum.
© 2026 NWF Journal · Northern Writers Forum
Literary journal of the Northern Writers Forum.
At first, with perinatal invisibility.
Then a black, vibrant tuft.
Wisps of age, three hairs! sprout,
thin like corn tassels.
Febrile fibres on once egg-bald chin,
now points to the earth.
Fingers of time, clocks to mock life.
Interpret the season’s surf.
Perceived, stamp of perfidy. Nipped
by envious fingers! A groan,
Ah! a nod of anguish, chin rete inflamed!
Then rose a ripe nodule, minuscule
papillae. Blackgrass, I shall mow you down
until you come ripe with greyness.
I see! — a rainbow bowed over my brow.
