in Sheringham I have a small cottage
garden that spills onto the shingle beach
the only wall that borders it is horizon
I plant pansies tie dyed roses
green carnations violets
rainbow wall flowers
I want Creeping Charlie to over run
flora take up space coalesce create
new forms in my Eden I’m God Mother
Nature no one forbidden entry fruit
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James McDermott’s poetry collection Manatomy, longlisted for Polari’s First Book Prize 2021, is published by Burning Eye Books and their pamphlet Erased is published by Polari Press. James’s poems have been published in Poetry Wales, The Gay & Lesbian Review, Cardiff Review and 14 Poems.