INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS ROSALIN BLUE

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS ROSALIN BLUE

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS ROSALIN BLUE   “And wild as creatures of the dark we love like hunting through the forest of Eden rising in the mists of fragrance releasing our desire to the moon” -Excerpt from ‘Hunters Moon’ [unpublished]      ...
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS KATHRYN O’DRISCOLL

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS KATHRYN O’DRISCOLL

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS KATHRYN O’DRISCOLL     I lie down in a bath brim-filled with peonies and feel their soft crush beneath my weight. That soundless collapse of a teen girl. The emptiness of discarded velvet dresses. Pink blood blot tests me where I move,...
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS ASHLEY EDGE

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS ASHLEY EDGE

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS ASHLEY EDGE     Ashley Edge is a non-binary, autistic poet from Staffordshire, with a Cheshire twang and Spanish heart. They have won multiple poetry slams, were shortlisted for the National Poetry Day (2019) YouTube event ‘Speak...
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS MARTIN FIGURA

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS MARTIN FIGURA

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS MARTIN FIGURA     Award-winning poet Martin Figura was born in Liverpool and lives in Norwich, with Helen Ivory and sciatica. Together they began hosting Live from The Butchery Zoom readings with renowned guest poets during the UK...
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS EMILIE LAUREN JONES

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS EMILIE LAUREN JONES

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS EMILIE LAUREN JONES     We meet as agreed, beneath this tree not sure whether to hug or shake hands we stand, awkwardly at first, until she motions and we sit down. Her curved shoulders remind me how mum says not to slump,...