Andrew ShieldsWe bunched reins in the one hand
Milk
Jean Atkin
#Poetry #JeanAtkin #Milk #AtriumPoetry #Pony #Dairy #Cows #Milking #Kittens
I don't bleed at a prick
A Seamstress’s Tea Break
Emma Lee
#Poetry #EmmaLee #AtriumPoetry #Seamstress #1824 #Sugar #Corsets #ElizabethHeyrick #Abolition
https://atriumpoetry.com/2026/04/24/a-seamstresss-tea-break-emma-lee/
Don't tread on a crack
Luck and the Rec
Jean Atkin
#Poetry #JeanAtkin #AtriumPoetry #Luck #Rec #LuckySeven #Mother #CarringtonRoad #Almshouse #AshfieldRoad #AlkerStreet #Bicycle #CoventryEagle #1937 #1937 #BowlingGreen #Memory
https://atriumpoetry.com/2026/04/21/luck-and-the-rec-jean-atkin/
A list of my names over the years. #111Words #Poetry #Names #AlexandraCitron #AtriumPoetry https://111-words.ghost.io/a-list-of-my-names-over-the-years/
A list of my names over the years
Alexandra Citron's poem "Rules of nomenclature" made me think of my names over the years: Andrew Jonathan Shields (birth certificate), Andy (what everybody mostly called me until I was 16), AJ (what my Dad sometimes called me), Snoopy (my nickname in third grade), Little Shields (what my cross-country teammates from
so they call you another name
Rules of nomenclature
Alexandra Citron
#Poetry #AlexandraCitron #Names #Nomenclature #AtriumPoetry
https://atriumpoetry.com/2026/04/07/rules-of-nomenclature-alexandra-citron/
I used to
Ghosts of Myself
Paul Stephenson
#Poetry #PaulStephenson #Ghosts #Self #AtriumPoetry #Scrabble
https://atriumpoetry.com/2026/02/24/ghosts-of-myself-paul-stephenson/
You know nothing about Dutch elm disease
The Tree Surgeon Tries To Put Me Off
Lisa Kelly
#Poetry #LisaKelly #TreeSurgeon #AtriumPoetry #Pollen #Woodpeckers #DutchElmDisease
https://atriumpoetry.com/2026/02/20/the-tree-surgeon-tries-to-put-me-off-lisa-kelly/
right next to the gearstick
Electric Fences Mock Me
Sue Finch
#Poetry #SueFinch #ElectricFences #HumpbackBridges #Sparklers #Champagne #Rollercoasters #CartoonRabbits #Dynamite #GearStick #CarPark #Hand #Knee #AtriumPoetry
https://atriumpoetry.com/2026/02/13/electric-fences-mock-me-sue-finch/
It's something he does each morning.
He kneels at her feet
Fokkina McDonnell
#Poetry #FokkinaMcDonnell #AtriumPoetry #PressureSock #Tesco #Coffee #Croissant #Care #Caregiver #CareWork
https://atriumpoetry.com/2026/02/06/he-kneels-at-her-feet-fokkina-mcdonnell/
dots, sketches, outlines
My Face is Not a Pair of Scissors
Paul Stephenson
#Poetry #PaulStephenson #AtriumPoetry #Face #Scissors
https://atriumpoetry.com/2026/01/23/my-face-is-not-a-pair-of-scissors-paul-stephenson/
