After the Show

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In the cutaway moonlight

Salome hot from dancing

In the reach and mess of

The king’s tent ran to

The cool and scented bath

Her mother had prepared

Listening to the lullaby she sang

Weaving across the dunes

 

 

Bernard Pearson's work appears in many publications worldwide, including; Aesthetica Magazine, The Edinburgh Review, Crossways, and many more. In 2017, a selection of his poetry - In Free Fall - was published by Leaf by Leaf Press. In 2019, he won second prize in The Aurora Prize. His first novel, Where the Willows End, was published in 2021.