STORY AND POEM OF THE MONTH

Picks for the month of May very kindly chosen by Sean McNulty:

 

Story:

The Green and White Dress by rosaliekempthorne

 

 

The Green and White Dress is a wonderful piece of writing.  It feels like a timeless, classic satire – the characters and the setting could exist at any time in history.  It feels so real, yet plays out like images twinkling in some fantastic magic lantern.  Sharp, laconic, beautifully written.  

 

 

Poem:

My Neighbour the Alcoholic by Jane Hyphen

 

 

My Neighbour the Alcoholic stayed with me for a long time.  The character described in the poem not only suggests people I have met in my life, but a person I have been myself.  It’s a microcosm of the outcast soul.  Very melancholic, but warm and alive and engaging.