Marcus Slingsby was born in Yorkshire in 1973. During his 20's and early 30's he travelled the world;
working the 1st to wander the 3rd. His work has appeared in Amsterdam Quarterly, Jasper's Folly and
The Poetry Lighthouse. He lives in Friesland with his family.
The
red
warning lights
on the turbines
flash tempered bloody needles onto
a dead-calm carcass: Jonah for a moment,
I stare through the whale-bone darkness waiting for you to see me.