by Kesta | Jul 11, 2019 | Magazine Publications
This poem was written in the middle of the night on 27th October 2014. We’d been woken by an almightly crack of thunder. The house was charged with energy. My husband stayed and watched with me awhile, awed by storm and the pounding rain. I stayed up a little...
by Kesta | Jul 11, 2019 | Magazine Publications, Poems
The inspiration for this poem came from my daughter who wouldn’t stop fiddling with her wobbly tooth. ‘It’s just attached by a string, Mummy. Look!’ (Who wouldn’t be inspired by...
by Kesta | Jul 11, 2019 | Magazine Publications
The poem was written first and was inspired by my son, who at the time was a pre-schooler. ‘Where’s a bug’s ears, Mummy?’ he asked, as I hung out the washing. I didn’t know the answer. After writing the poem, I vowed I’d find...
by Kesta | Jul 9, 2019 | Magazine Publications
When I was eight, after we’d travelled back to England by car, I started at a new school. There really was a Christmas hat competition, and I really did make a hat that looked remarkably like the cornflake hat that Georgie made. (I take my hat off to Sarah...
