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last update:

21st Nov25

poetry favourites:
Cinnamon Press
Little Toller Press
Finished Creatures
Long Poem Magazine
PN Review
Tears in the Fence

in the shop…
collections –
“yellow noon-day”, “what is near”
and
“Inland”
Cinnamon Press;

“Double Edge”
Pighog Press;

collaborations – with artist Chris Drury –
“t/here…”
East Port and
“Poetry & Prose Exchange”
Little Toller;

with Clare Whistler:
Elephant Press

the eye is not the only organ

    and there was enough pink in the carmine red
also called raspberry and cocks’ comb and carnation
    pink and ruby   enough pink to soften the anger
for the spirits to lift   yes a lift and a cleaving
    towards this red with lips   mouth and with a roundness—
                  is she spherical
                               all right   then peach blossom red
cobalt red   ore or flesh-in-pain red though
    inside the body is innocent and if that is so   where is
the shame   look   it languishes there repeating   edging   easing
    at the outer layers   in the flow of arteries and veins
in the colour fall of crimson and precious garnet
    what other feelings are there   what other organs

the eye is not the only organ

Kay Syrad

in collection yellow noon-day, Cinnamon Press, 2025, ISBN 978-1-7886417-5-3