‘Dormouse’ by Aoife Lyall

Poetry
Written By Banshee Lit

Lino print by Aoife Lyall

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Curled beside me in your wheaten silk – asleep
in whatever log or nest of leaves the night
has conjured from our quilt – I savour knowing
that the average healthy dormouse weighs
all of 20g: how that’s just over a tablespoon
of butter, or a thousand pounds in gold.

From issue 18: autumn/winter 2024

About the Author
Aoife Lyall’s first collection, Mother, Nature (Bloodaxe, 2021), was shortlisted for the Scottish First Book Award 2021. Her second collection, The Day Before (Bloodaxe, 2024), includes ‘Moss’, which was shortlisted for the Bridport Poetry Prize. She is reviews editor of Magma Poetry.

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