Insomnia
Not for the first time
I sit in the night’s cold silence
listening
for the call of an owl
to shatter
the ticking stillness
of the domestic;
to let me know
I exist
in the here and now
of the expanding world
lightening in the east.
Published widely in magazines and journals in the UK, Frances has two collections: ‘The Hand Glass’ (Seren), ‘Cradle of Bones’ (The High Window Press), with a third due from Valley Press in April 2022.