Apricot Press
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Small, online press publishing poetry, flash fiction, short stories and essays.
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Small, online press publishing poetry, flash fiction, short stories and essays.
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Our most recent theme, 🦋 TRANSFORMATION 🦋, has now entered our theme archive.
Read all the wonderful pieces submitted to this theme in one easily accessible location 🧡
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Read all the wonderful pieces submitted to this theme in one easily accessible location 🧡
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TRANSFORMATION
Read all of the pieces submitted to our theme TRANSFORMATION.
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October 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Our most recent theme, 🦋 TRANSFORMATION 🦋, has now entered our theme archive.
Read all the wonderful pieces submitted to this theme in one easily accessible location 🧡
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/19/t...
Read all the wonderful pieces submitted to this theme in one easily accessible location 🧡
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/19/t...
'winter arrives too soon
a smoky, spectral form
shrouded in fog and damp
carried on the breath of boreas'
Closing our 🦋TRANSFORMATION🦋 theme, Jennifer R Edwards’ hauntingly beautiful poem, 'Palingenesis', explores self-transformation.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/13/p...
a smoky, spectral form
shrouded in fog and damp
carried on the breath of boreas'
Closing our 🦋TRANSFORMATION🦋 theme, Jennifer R Edwards’ hauntingly beautiful poem, 'Palingenesis', explores self-transformation.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/13/p...
Palingenesis
Jennifer R Edwards’ hauntingly beautiful poem explores self-transformation.
apricotpress.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 11:20 AM
'winter arrives too soon
a smoky, spectral form
shrouded in fog and damp
carried on the breath of boreas'
Closing our 🦋TRANSFORMATION🦋 theme, Jennifer R Edwards’ hauntingly beautiful poem, 'Palingenesis', explores self-transformation.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/13/p...
a smoky, spectral form
shrouded in fog and damp
carried on the breath of boreas'
Closing our 🦋TRANSFORMATION🦋 theme, Jennifer R Edwards’ hauntingly beautiful poem, 'Palingenesis', explores self-transformation.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/13/p...
'The cartographer came to court and lay Siberia
at the Tsar’s feet. The emperor wanted the map
to speak, to tell him how his wealth might grow...'
Catherine Glavina’s captivating poem, 'Burning Bright', draws upon the history of Siberia.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/13/b...
at the Tsar’s feet. The emperor wanted the map
to speak, to tell him how his wealth might grow...'
Catherine Glavina’s captivating poem, 'Burning Bright', draws upon the history of Siberia.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/13/b...
Burning Bright
Catherine Glavina’s captivating poem draws upon the history of Siberia.
apricotpress.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
'The cartographer came to court and lay Siberia
at the Tsar’s feet. The emperor wanted the map
to speak, to tell him how his wealth might grow...'
Catherine Glavina’s captivating poem, 'Burning Bright', draws upon the history of Siberia.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/13/b...
at the Tsar’s feet. The emperor wanted the map
to speak, to tell him how his wealth might grow...'
Catherine Glavina’s captivating poem, 'Burning Bright', draws upon the history of Siberia.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/13/b...
'Don’t ever ask me why I chose to run. All I wanted was to plant my roots someplace new.'
Eve Chancellor’s poignant poems, 'Daphne' and 'Girl, Gorgon, Goddess', consider transformation in Greek mythology.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/10/d...
Eve Chancellor’s poignant poems, 'Daphne' and 'Girl, Gorgon, Goddess', consider transformation in Greek mythology.
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‘Daphne’ and ‘Girl, Gorgon, Goddess’
Eve Chancellor’s poignant poems consider transformation in two stories from Greek mythology.
apricotpress.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
'Don’t ever ask me why I chose to run. All I wanted was to plant my roots someplace new.'
Eve Chancellor’s poignant poems, 'Daphne' and 'Girl, Gorgon, Goddess', consider transformation in Greek mythology.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/10/d...
Eve Chancellor’s poignant poems, 'Daphne' and 'Girl, Gorgon, Goddess', consider transformation in Greek mythology.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/10/d...
'Oh, loyal Argos, watcher of the skies—
protector of chaste wife to faithless Zeus...'
Filled with longing, Paris Rosemont’s (@msparisrose.bsky.social) beautiful poem, 'The Watchman', draws upon the transformation of Argos in Greek mythology.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/10/t...
protector of chaste wife to faithless Zeus...'
Filled with longing, Paris Rosemont’s (@msparisrose.bsky.social) beautiful poem, 'The Watchman', draws upon the transformation of Argos in Greek mythology.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/10/t...
The Watchman
Filled with longing, Paris Rosemont’s beautiful poem draws upon the transformation of Argos in Greek mythology.
apricotpress.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
'Oh, loyal Argos, watcher of the skies—
protector of chaste wife to faithless Zeus...'
Filled with longing, Paris Rosemont’s (@msparisrose.bsky.social) beautiful poem, 'The Watchman', draws upon the transformation of Argos in Greek mythology.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/10/t...
protector of chaste wife to faithless Zeus...'
Filled with longing, Paris Rosemont’s (@msparisrose.bsky.social) beautiful poem, 'The Watchman', draws upon the transformation of Argos in Greek mythology.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/10/t...
'Grace has never written a funeral speech; in fact, she has never been to a funeral before.'
In Katherine Smythe’s moving short story, 'Something Other Than Fear,' a woman grapples with grief and life-changing circumstances.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/08/s...
In Katherine Smythe’s moving short story, 'Something Other Than Fear,' a woman grapples with grief and life-changing circumstances.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/08/s...
Something Other Than Fear
In Katherine Smythe’s moving short story, a woman grapples with grief and life-changing circumstances.
apricotpress.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 11:08 AM
'Grace has never written a funeral speech; in fact, she has never been to a funeral before.'
In Katherine Smythe’s moving short story, 'Something Other Than Fear,' a woman grapples with grief and life-changing circumstances.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/08/s...
In Katherine Smythe’s moving short story, 'Something Other Than Fear,' a woman grapples with grief and life-changing circumstances.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/08/s...
'The young woman pulled the cape around her shoulders, the hood obscuring her face as she checked to make sure that she wasn’t being followed.'
Esther Kearney’s magical short story, 'The Lavender Shroud', draws upon the history of the lavender flower.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/08/t...
Esther Kearney’s magical short story, 'The Lavender Shroud', draws upon the history of the lavender flower.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/08/t...
The Lavender Shroud
Esther Kearney’s magical short story draws upon the history of the lavender flower.
apricotpress.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
'The young woman pulled the cape around her shoulders, the hood obscuring her face as she checked to make sure that she wasn’t being followed.'
Esther Kearney’s magical short story, 'The Lavender Shroud', draws upon the history of the lavender flower.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/08/t...
Esther Kearney’s magical short story, 'The Lavender Shroud', draws upon the history of the lavender flower.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/08/t...
'I have started to feel
my edges compressing.
My soul beginning
to ooze from the seams.'
Lizzie Elliot-Klein’s beautiful poem, 'Crustacean', explores self-transformation.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/06/c...
my edges compressing.
My soul beginning
to ooze from the seams.'
Lizzie Elliot-Klein’s beautiful poem, 'Crustacean', explores self-transformation.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/06/c...
Crustacean
Lizzie Elliot-Klein’s beautiful poem explores self-transformation.
apricotpress.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
'I have started to feel
my edges compressing.
My soul beginning
to ooze from the seams.'
Lizzie Elliot-Klein’s beautiful poem, 'Crustacean', explores self-transformation.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/06/c...
my edges compressing.
My soul beginning
to ooze from the seams.'
Lizzie Elliot-Klein’s beautiful poem, 'Crustacean', explores self-transformation.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/06/c...
‘Take it Eve,’ urged her sister, ‘before it’s too late. Choose to carry on, please, for both of us.’
Filled with rich imagery, Jane Broughton’s (Janeb.bsky.social) flash fiction, 'Flux', explores a moment of change in the wake of a climate crisis.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/06/f...
Filled with rich imagery, Jane Broughton’s (Janeb.bsky.social) flash fiction, 'Flux', explores a moment of change in the wake of a climate crisis.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/06/f...
Flux
Filled with rich imagery, Jane Broughton’s flash fiction explores a moment of change in the wake of a climate crisis.
apricotpress.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
‘Take it Eve,’ urged her sister, ‘before it’s too late. Choose to carry on, please, for both of us.’
Filled with rich imagery, Jane Broughton’s (Janeb.bsky.social) flash fiction, 'Flux', explores a moment of change in the wake of a climate crisis.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/06/f...
Filled with rich imagery, Jane Broughton’s (Janeb.bsky.social) flash fiction, 'Flux', explores a moment of change in the wake of a climate crisis.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/06/f...
'Dear B————,
As I walked along the highway this late afternoon, I saw a dead fox in the distance.'
In C. S. Daugherty’s haunting short story, 'Troubled Skin', a shapeshifter writes to a lost loved one.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/03/t...
As I walked along the highway this late afternoon, I saw a dead fox in the distance.'
In C. S. Daugherty’s haunting short story, 'Troubled Skin', a shapeshifter writes to a lost loved one.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/03/t...
Troubled Skin
In C. S. Daugherty’s haunting short story, a shapeshifter writes to a lost loved one.
apricotpress.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
'Dear B————,
As I walked along the highway this late afternoon, I saw a dead fox in the distance.'
In C. S. Daugherty’s haunting short story, 'Troubled Skin', a shapeshifter writes to a lost loved one.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/03/t...
As I walked along the highway this late afternoon, I saw a dead fox in the distance.'
In C. S. Daugherty’s haunting short story, 'Troubled Skin', a shapeshifter writes to a lost loved one.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/03/t...
'Beyond the town, its gold-lit streets, beyond the forest, beyond that last wind-stripped tree, the silver river cuts its way to the sea.'
In Jennifer Lindsay Gray’s flash fiction, 'Kelpie', two children are transformed by a mythical encounter.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/03/k...
In Jennifer Lindsay Gray’s flash fiction, 'Kelpie', two children are transformed by a mythical encounter.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/03/k...
Kelpie
In Jennifer Lindsay Gray’s flash fiction, two children are transformed by a mythical encounter.
apricotpress.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
'Beyond the town, its gold-lit streets, beyond the forest, beyond that last wind-stripped tree, the silver river cuts its way to the sea.'
In Jennifer Lindsay Gray’s flash fiction, 'Kelpie', two children are transformed by a mythical encounter.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/03/k...
In Jennifer Lindsay Gray’s flash fiction, 'Kelpie', two children are transformed by a mythical encounter.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/03/k...
'After I felt the spirit pass
I moved outdoors to feel the sun
Already I wanted more'
In her beautiful poem, 'Already', D. B. Asher contemplates the afterlife.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/01/a...
I moved outdoors to feel the sun
Already I wanted more'
In her beautiful poem, 'Already', D. B. Asher contemplates the afterlife.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/01/a...
Already
In this beautiful poem, D. B. Asher contemplates the afterlife.
apricotpress.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
'After I felt the spirit pass
I moved outdoors to feel the sun
Already I wanted more'
In her beautiful poem, 'Already', D. B. Asher contemplates the afterlife.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/01/a...
I moved outdoors to feel the sun
Already I wanted more'
In her beautiful poem, 'Already', D. B. Asher contemplates the afterlife.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/01/a...
‘There’s a full moon and the garden drips. The dead draw near and I’m in the kitchen, thick in the alchemy of cookery.'
Ali McGuire’s mesmerising flash fiction, 'Cooking a Dark Roux on an October Night', explores the transformative nature of cooking.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/01/c...
Ali McGuire’s mesmerising flash fiction, 'Cooking a Dark Roux on an October Night', explores the transformative nature of cooking.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/01/c...
Cooking a Dark Roux on an October Night
Ali McGuire’s mesmerising flash fiction welcomes Autumn and explores the transformative nature of cooking.
apricotpress.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
‘There’s a full moon and the garden drips. The dead draw near and I’m in the kitchen, thick in the alchemy of cookery.'
Ali McGuire’s mesmerising flash fiction, 'Cooking a Dark Roux on an October Night', explores the transformative nature of cooking.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/01/c...
Ali McGuire’s mesmerising flash fiction, 'Cooking a Dark Roux on an October Night', explores the transformative nature of cooking.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/10/01/c...
'I didn’t know pelvic floor exercises were a thing for men,
but here I am pinching and holding and counting
my youth.'
Ewen Glass' (ewenglass.bsky.social) moving poem, 'A Fine Whine', meditates on ageing.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/29/a...
but here I am pinching and holding and counting
my youth.'
Ewen Glass' (ewenglass.bsky.social) moving poem, 'A Fine Whine', meditates on ageing.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/29/a...
A Fine Whine
Ewen Glass’ moving poem meditates on ageing.
apricotpress.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
'I didn’t know pelvic floor exercises were a thing for men,
but here I am pinching and holding and counting
my youth.'
Ewen Glass' (ewenglass.bsky.social) moving poem, 'A Fine Whine', meditates on ageing.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/29/a...
but here I am pinching and holding and counting
my youth.'
Ewen Glass' (ewenglass.bsky.social) moving poem, 'A Fine Whine', meditates on ageing.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/29/a...
'Every Wednesday I’d arrive home from school to a stack of newspapers outside my front door and a five-pound note in an envelope in my letterbox.'
In Neil O’Dwyer’s short story, 'The Black Hand Boys', a newspaper boy gives in to peer pressure.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/29/t...
In Neil O’Dwyer’s short story, 'The Black Hand Boys', a newspaper boy gives in to peer pressure.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/29/t...
The Black Hand Boys
In Neil O’Dwyer’s short story, a newspaper boy gives in to peer pressure.
apricotpress.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
'Every Wednesday I’d arrive home from school to a stack of newspapers outside my front door and a five-pound note in an envelope in my letterbox.'
In Neil O’Dwyer’s short story, 'The Black Hand Boys', a newspaper boy gives in to peer pressure.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/29/t...
In Neil O’Dwyer’s short story, 'The Black Hand Boys', a newspaper boy gives in to peer pressure.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/29/t...
'Water flows downwards,
it seeks the lowest point
before it stands in flood
or in shallows, settles,
awake with life and breath.'
Eoin Flannery's (eoin.flannery.bsky.social) beautiful poem, 'Falling Water', explores a moment of transformation in nature.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/26/f...
it seeks the lowest point
before it stands in flood
or in shallows, settles,
awake with life and breath.'
Eoin Flannery's (eoin.flannery.bsky.social) beautiful poem, 'Falling Water', explores a moment of transformation in nature.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/26/f...
Falling Water
Eoin Flannery’s beautiful poem explores a moment of transformation in nature.
apricotpress.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
'Water flows downwards,
it seeks the lowest point
before it stands in flood
or in shallows, settles,
awake with life and breath.'
Eoin Flannery's (eoin.flannery.bsky.social) beautiful poem, 'Falling Water', explores a moment of transformation in nature.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/26/f...
it seeks the lowest point
before it stands in flood
or in shallows, settles,
awake with life and breath.'
Eoin Flannery's (eoin.flannery.bsky.social) beautiful poem, 'Falling Water', explores a moment of transformation in nature.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/26/f...
'Crib death
more common than I would have thought.
But still, not enough to clear the hum in my brain'
Erich von Hungen's touching poems, 'Losing My Only Child' and 'Going Through Hell', consider how we move through and process grief.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/26/l...
more common than I would have thought.
But still, not enough to clear the hum in my brain'
Erich von Hungen's touching poems, 'Losing My Only Child' and 'Going Through Hell', consider how we move through and process grief.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/26/l...
‘Losing My Only Child’ and ‘Going Through Hell’
Erich von Hungen’s touching poems consider how we move through and process grief.
apricotpress.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
'Crib death
more common than I would have thought.
But still, not enough to clear the hum in my brain'
Erich von Hungen's touching poems, 'Losing My Only Child' and 'Going Through Hell', consider how we move through and process grief.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/26/l...
more common than I would have thought.
But still, not enough to clear the hum in my brain'
Erich von Hungen's touching poems, 'Losing My Only Child' and 'Going Through Hell', consider how we move through and process grief.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/26/l...
'I love you & I will always
love you more than I could love
any other man'
Nicole Yurcaba's haunting poem, 'No One Has Calculated the Half-Life of Grief', explores how grief can leave us struggling to change.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/24/n...
love you more than I could love
any other man'
Nicole Yurcaba's haunting poem, 'No One Has Calculated the Half-Life of Grief', explores how grief can leave us struggling to change.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/24/n...
No One Has Calculated the Half-Life of Grief
Nicole Yurcaba’s haunting poem explores how grief can leave us struggling to change.
apricotpress.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
'I love you & I will always
love you more than I could love
any other man'
Nicole Yurcaba's haunting poem, 'No One Has Calculated the Half-Life of Grief', explores how grief can leave us struggling to change.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/24/n...
love you more than I could love
any other man'
Nicole Yurcaba's haunting poem, 'No One Has Calculated the Half-Life of Grief', explores how grief can leave us struggling to change.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/24/n...
'I am the shaman for the ghosts of my brethren
the souls who cannot cross over, who linger
to watch over lovers they had passed off as sisters.'
Cat Brogan's beautiful poem, 'Cross', explores self-transformation, love and freedom.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/24/c...
the souls who cannot cross over, who linger
to watch over lovers they had passed off as sisters.'
Cat Brogan's beautiful poem, 'Cross', explores self-transformation, love and freedom.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/24/c...
Cross
Cat Brogan’s beautiful poem explores self-transformation, love and freedom.
apricotpress.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
'I am the shaman for the ghosts of my brethren
the souls who cannot cross over, who linger
to watch over lovers they had passed off as sisters.'
Cat Brogan's beautiful poem, 'Cross', explores self-transformation, love and freedom.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/24/c...
the souls who cannot cross over, who linger
to watch over lovers they had passed off as sisters.'
Cat Brogan's beautiful poem, 'Cross', explores self-transformation, love and freedom.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/24/c...
'What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?'
Ian Johnson's (youcanandyouwill.bsky.social) short story, 'One Another's Forever', follows a transformative affair.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/22/o...
Ian Johnson's (youcanandyouwill.bsky.social) short story, 'One Another's Forever', follows a transformative affair.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/22/o...
One Another’s Forever
Ian Johnson’s short story follows a transformative affair.
apricotpress.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM
'What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?'
Ian Johnson's (youcanandyouwill.bsky.social) short story, 'One Another's Forever', follows a transformative affair.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/22/o...
Ian Johnson's (youcanandyouwill.bsky.social) short story, 'One Another's Forever', follows a transformative affair.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/22/o...
‘Communicants
at breakfast, lunch or dinner
shed the vestments and impediments of
banana leaves, polythene bags or tin cans...'
Eziefula Adonai's beautiful poem, 'An Ode to Okpa, Nsukka and Uncle Ade', pays homage to a transformative meal.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/22/a...
at breakfast, lunch or dinner
shed the vestments and impediments of
banana leaves, polythene bags or tin cans...'
Eziefula Adonai's beautiful poem, 'An Ode to Okpa, Nsukka and Uncle Ade', pays homage to a transformative meal.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/22/a...
An Ode to Okpa, Nsukka and Uncle Ade
Eziefula Adonai’s beautiful poem pays homage to a transformative meal.
apricotpress.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
‘Communicants
at breakfast, lunch or dinner
shed the vestments and impediments of
banana leaves, polythene bags or tin cans...'
Eziefula Adonai's beautiful poem, 'An Ode to Okpa, Nsukka and Uncle Ade', pays homage to a transformative meal.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/22/a...
at breakfast, lunch or dinner
shed the vestments and impediments of
banana leaves, polythene bags or tin cans...'
Eziefula Adonai's beautiful poem, 'An Ode to Okpa, Nsukka and Uncle Ade', pays homage to a transformative meal.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/22/a...
'A woman dulled by endless sunsets,
too many days spilled from the same cup,
she boards with a sigh, not wonder.'
Filled with rich imagery, Amit Parmessur’s poems, 'Murder on Bus 39' and 'Brave', consider the transformative nature of everyday interactions.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/19/m...
too many days spilled from the same cup,
she boards with a sigh, not wonder.'
Filled with rich imagery, Amit Parmessur’s poems, 'Murder on Bus 39' and 'Brave', consider the transformative nature of everyday interactions.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/19/m...
‘Murder on Bus 39’ and ‘Brave’
Filled with rich imagery, Amit Parmessur’s poems consider the transformative nature of everyday interactions.
apricotpress.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 11:12 AM
'A woman dulled by endless sunsets,
too many days spilled from the same cup,
she boards with a sigh, not wonder.'
Filled with rich imagery, Amit Parmessur’s poems, 'Murder on Bus 39' and 'Brave', consider the transformative nature of everyday interactions.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/19/m...
too many days spilled from the same cup,
she boards with a sigh, not wonder.'
Filled with rich imagery, Amit Parmessur’s poems, 'Murder on Bus 39' and 'Brave', consider the transformative nature of everyday interactions.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/19/m...
'Sunbeams bounce off the bonnets of the parked Ladas which flank the deserted Czech streets. She doesn’t know how to deal with her first Prague summer.'
Catherine Whitehead’s short story, 'Lessons', follows a protagonist finding their feet in a new city.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/19/l...
Catherine Whitehead’s short story, 'Lessons', follows a protagonist finding their feet in a new city.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/19/l...
Lessons
Catherine Whitehead’s short story follows a protagonist finding their feet in Prague.
apricotpress.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 11:05 AM
'Sunbeams bounce off the bonnets of the parked Ladas which flank the deserted Czech streets. She doesn’t know how to deal with her first Prague summer.'
Catherine Whitehead’s short story, 'Lessons', follows a protagonist finding their feet in a new city.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/19/l...
Catherine Whitehead’s short story, 'Lessons', follows a protagonist finding their feet in a new city.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/19/l...
'We sit comfortably in the dark
My shaking leg gently rocks you
The suck on your bottle soothes you
Nestled on my lap'
Daithí Kearney's playful poem, 'A Little Night Music', considers the relationship between parent and child.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/17/a...
My shaking leg gently rocks you
The suck on your bottle soothes you
Nestled on my lap'
Daithí Kearney's playful poem, 'A Little Night Music', considers the relationship between parent and child.
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A Little Night Music
Daithí Kearney’s playful poem considers the relationship between parent and child.
apricotpress.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
'We sit comfortably in the dark
My shaking leg gently rocks you
The suck on your bottle soothes you
Nestled on my lap'
Daithí Kearney's playful poem, 'A Little Night Music', considers the relationship between parent and child.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/17/a...
My shaking leg gently rocks you
The suck on your bottle soothes you
Nestled on my lap'
Daithí Kearney's playful poem, 'A Little Night Music', considers the relationship between parent and child.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/17/a...
'They took him from his mother while his father was at war,
split him from his brothers and sisters like pages torn from a book.'
Fiona Murphy's vital poem, 'The Way the River Remembers', honours a member of Australia's Stolen Generations.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/17/t...
split him from his brothers and sisters like pages torn from a book.'
Fiona Murphy's vital poem, 'The Way the River Remembers', honours a member of Australia's Stolen Generations.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/17/t...
The Way the River Remembers
Fiona Murphy’s vital poem honours a member of Australia’s Stolen Generations.
apricotpress.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 11:13 AM
'They took him from his mother while his father was at war,
split him from his brothers and sisters like pages torn from a book.'
Fiona Murphy's vital poem, 'The Way the River Remembers', honours a member of Australia's Stolen Generations.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/17/t...
split him from his brothers and sisters like pages torn from a book.'
Fiona Murphy's vital poem, 'The Way the River Remembers', honours a member of Australia's Stolen Generations.
apricotpress.co.uk/2025/09/17/t...