...
She is in a transient state,
Between woman and rock,
The ripples in the pool,
Prance around her
Like fish or beggar children,
Her hair has begun
To thicken and green
And her heart, is solid now
...
Bernard Pearson's work appears in over one hundred and thirty publications worldwide, including; Aesthetica Magazine, The Edinburgh Review, Crossways, and The York Literary Review. In addition, he is the author of three published novels. In 2017, a selection of his poetry ‘In Free Fall’ was published by Leaf by Leaf Press. In 2019, he won second prize in The Aurora Prize for Writing for his poem Manor Farm.
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