Poems
Seeking Refuge 
I’m deeply honoured to have two of my poems
- To Die For and Girl’s World -
included in the Seeking Refuge anthology,
sold in aid of two vital London cold wether shelters.
Each year poets, both well-known and those beginning to write, contribute to the shelters through a series of readings in London organised by Ruth O’Callaghan - by buying tickets to events and reading their work, the best of which is selected for the annual anthology, poets make a real difference. In the last two years we have seen bitter winters and the shelters would be under threat without the contribution of the poets. All the profits go straight to the shelters.
This is an eclectic and lively anthology featuring work by Fiona Sampson, UA Fanthorpe, RV Bailey, Alan Brownjohn, Marilyn Hacken, Ruth Fainlight, Alison Brackenbury and John Luca alongside new poets honing their craft.
Help us to show that poetry can make a difference. Buy online here
Find out more about the Camden and Lumen London Poetry Project supporting the cold weater shelters here.
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My poems have also been published in print and online presses - Envoi, Coffee House Poetry, Women Writers: A Zine and Ink, Sweat and Tears E-Zine.
The following poem was published in Envoi, Issue 155, February 2010.
Drowning in cherryade
I tuck
the edges of your day
beneath you and hold my breath as we float
past crocodiles that swim for miles,
slicing white chocolate mice into precious strips of glue.
I breathe
your recycled dreams of
pink lollipops and lemon drops and slime
green monsters that refuse to stop,
knowing you’ll save me before sherbet suns burst into sky.
I kiss
your altitude and cling
for I fear it may not be strong enough
to bind us when we start to drift,
longing to dive across the divide and swoop down on you.
I dip
my toe into bittersweet
fizz down the blood red scales of his torso
flashing my code in red and green,
hoping hard now that you are no longer anchored to me.
© Shanta Everington 2010
You can read my poetry sequence, Hanging On, in Women Writers: A Zine here