Tim Kendall

Tim Kendall edits the literary magazine Thumbsrew. He is completing a study of Paul Muldoon’s poetry, which will appear from Seren early next year.

Badger

After the midnight crash of bins, Our neighbour’s dog barking And our neighbour shouting

I remembered the hedgehog We found last month Unzipped in the long grass.

Otter

If I were to mention otters, One would dodge the traffic And slip silently up to my door.

All I would know of it Would be the whisperings of neighbours And whitening spraint on the concrete.

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