17th May
8.30 Bike ride on a path by the M60 that leads to the River Mersey. Slats of sun shift through […]
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Goat Song
I mean… we stood there on the Orme, we stood there and stood there…
“Sky a pebble striated with ores”
Joy is a Stockport based writer. Her poetry has been published in various literary magazines including The North, Iota, and Dream Catcher. Both poetry and short stories have been published in Orbis.
In February 2022 she had two poetry pamphlets published by Bedford Falls Publications: Word Hoards and Shout. Both are available for purchase from the publisher.
Shortlisted for the Cinnamon Press Poetry pamphlet competition in 2017, her poems have been anthologised in Invisible Zoos, and Peterloo Poets, both 2019; Writing the Cathedral (2014) and Best of Manchester Poets (2013). Her first novel was shortlisted by North West Arts.
She is currently Writer-in -Residence at Burnage Library, running its monthly Burnage Writers group and organising their 'Wordsmith' open mic events.
Most recently she has had work in Orbis 200 (summer 2022) and Orbis 193 (2020).