Down below a view of trees, through a strip of glass high up, you can breathe sawdust, teak oil and white spirit, smell the whetstone in its cradle. The tools—sharp, abrasive— pinned against their own shadow on a soft wooden board come with due warning along with the offcuts, the improvised toys. Repeatedly, you ask […]
B. Anne Adriaens
Anne Adriaens lives and writes in Somerset, Britain. Her work reflects her interest in alienation as well as her concerns about pollution and the environment in general. She’s written several dystopian pieces and is putting together a poetry collection exploring the many places she’s lived. She attended the Poetry Summer School at the Seamus Heaney Centre, Queen’s University Belfast, in June 2017 and the following July, she was awarded the title of Frome Festival Poet Laureate of that year. Her work has previously appeared in Helios Quarterly, B.A.D. (The Bees Are Dead), and the Glasgow Review of Books.