honey-dribbled
symmetry up-time;
of electric silhouettes
of selected variations
motion-uncaged
aviation sun-lit;
of swoop turns
of blown landings
orbit-driven
dance drum-toned;
of eclipsed gaps
of fuzzy signifiers
close-glided
thistle wing-twisted;
of flecked apparitions
of flower shortcuts
wind-lined
cusp song-stretched;
of flinch spindles
of southerly clusters
sun-leaped
beryl syrup-smacked;
of mottled pirouettes
of balmy straws
blossom-lined
gush fluid-hedged;
of specked upshots
of greenly ponds
light-sparsed
pollen cross-tossed;
of scented scores
of unclouded torpids
inner-concave
fiddle croak-lengthed;
of sudsy flashes
of pollen confetti
salt-laden
break day-sledged;
of oddly spells
of stitched dulses
ray-sparsed
topple leg-drawn;
of possible futures
of uncurled tendrils
waddle-wrapped
hour plague-green;
of mulched lichens
of quenched rockroses
wimble-wamble
droop up-side;
of bumbled wrigglers
of pegged dancers
gust-welded
guck foam-poised;
of glumly sage
of longing redemption
ruddy-rusted
nether sulk-spoiled;
of sullenly manners
of dourly offerings
fog-washed
spume fever-fizzed;
of forgotten corners
of lethal topsoils
necro-fabled
queenly veil-squalled;
of guttered leafness
of urchin leaden
heat-washed
hollow spin-lapped;
of quilted choruses
of perished weight
lute-bodied
flame pall-dressed;
of quiet burials
of spruced cataclysms
loss-pleated
mites rive-strudded;
of glumly rocks
of darkly forsythias
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Astra Papachristodoulou
Astra Papachristodoulou is a PhD researcher and tutor at the University of Surrey with focus on sculptural poetics in the Anthropocene. Her debut poetry collection Constellations was published in 2022 with Guillemot Press. Astra is the founder of Poem Atlas, an exhibition platform and publisher of visual poetry, and her work has been exhibited in a range of venues including The National Poetry Library, Christie’s and Kew Gardens.
