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"... brevity is the soul of wit ..."
- William Shakespeare

Bio


Gareth lives in Wales. He had his first collection published, The Miner, by FutureCycle in 2018. He is currently doing an MFA in Creative Writing at Manchester Met. He has been nominated for Best of the Net. gcwculshaw.moonfruit.com


Gareth Culshaw


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An Artist's Summer

(Based on the short story, The house with an attic by A.Chekhov)

Clouds helmet the earth. I sip the last
of my soup. An onion skin clings
to the bowl. My burp cracks the silence.

Sunlight fills the steppe, birds fly
shadows over the landscape. My paint
brushes still hold last winter.

A canvas is a half finished jigsaw.
My spine aches, knees long for a walk,
feet itch from the socks I wear.

Cobwebs skirt the corners. A fly
chases itself around my bedroom.
I close my eyes. The clock ticks.

I hear time footstep out of my life.