I was not raised on rituals; when I have cake I do not eat. Have never been carol-singing, and found you on Halloween where I had left you to go for a run, found you standing there alone, grinning with your cloak and basket in the gloam, children gone, with just a few sweets left. […]
Will Staveley
Will Staveley’s work has been featured in journals including Poetry Quarterly, Dawntreader and The Poets’ Republic. He is an Acumen Young Poet, was runner-up for the 2021 Erbacce Prize, and has recently finished a book-length epic poem about Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.