
Waking Up
Waking Up He had thousands of kodachromes when he died. Nowadays they’d be snaps stored…
Nicholas Battey is retired and lives and gardens in West Devon. He was previously Professor of Plant Development at the University of Reading where he wrote research papers, co-edited and contributed to the popular science books 30 Second Biology and 30 Second Evolution, and co-wrote the textbook Biological Diversity: Exploiters and Exploited. He self-published a collection of his poems in 2020 and his music can be found on his website.
Waking Up He had thousands of kodachromes when he died. Nowadays they’d be snaps stored…
April Light I’ve let the world of people go in favour of growing spring evenings,…
Last Breath of Leaves Cup a pear, hear it abscise, number the days until ripe;…
Leaf-ladder to the Sky Dusk drums down the harbour, Seagull sirens sound alarms, A quiet…
Fisheye I, smudge in the eyescape of others, As my trowel lodges in mulch, Palm-sore,…