#YANYR

I am really proud to have my poem Horse Chestnuts included in the You are Not Your Rape anthology edited by Tianna Hansen and Kristin Garth, Rhythm and Bones Press.

So much love and respect to the editors Tianna and Kristin for nurtuing this project and for my fellow contributors.

https://www.rhythmnbone.com/books

Net profits go to https://www.rainn.org/

Night Witch Upgraded to Level 5

My eyes always glowed azure, you know.

But now folk really fear me.

Quarrelsome trolls

are squealing:

‘Get the necro-bitch a nerf’.

A crimson mist

swirls

malicious

around my skirt hems.  

My latest bat-spawning speed excites me.

Come on,

try to destroy me

and watch me retaliate -

an orgasmic explosion,

a metamorphic burst –

a blitz of brutal black butterflies.

1984 Letter

A letter i wrote in 1984 has been published in the Handwritten issue 2 of Sad Girl Review.

There's also a photo of me in 1984 ...with green hair.

Check it out. It's a gorgeous journal.

http://sadgirlreview.com/

Water of Fire

I am delighted that my poem Water of Fire is in the Samhain 2018 edition of Three Drops from a Cauldron and in some fabulous company.

(Trick or) Treat yourself and check it out

https://threedropspoetry.co.uk/2018/10/28/three-drops-from-a-cauldron-samhain-2018/

if you buy me a coffee https://ko-fi.com/spangle I'll donate the money to SOS MEDITERRANEE France.

The Grandkids July 13^th 2018

When you turn up I’m sitting tutting at the telly.

Row row! Row row!

You interrupt my muttering about

the visiting narcissistic fascist

responsible for the caging of

children.

I switch to YouTube and we sing:

Row row row your boat

Gently down the stream!

We scream at crocodiles.

We roar at lions.

We shiver at polar bears.

And I shed tears for all the babies who died

Capsized. Denied

by hostile shores.

Buy me a coffee...

If you'd like to support my writing and/or buy me a cuppa  without the pain of seeing me in real life, you now can at https://ko-fi.com/spangle

Thank you.

Spangs x

Tender Age Shelters

A question for anyone who is Christian and who thinks what is happening in the US is ok

Think of someone you know aged 0 - 13
This is the tender age
Now imagine them in a cage
Don't worry its not dirty
It's not a mess
They're with other kids
Nothing's amiss
Just a bit of toxic stress.

When Jesus said suffer
the children
Is this what he meant?

Silver

I never asked for the Moon

but it arrived

in a box

with a red heart on top.

Twenty-five years ago

the surprise

was a disco ball

hidden in a bin liner.

Love is

spherical

shiny

still spinning

Anna M

My poem Anna M is up at:

https://lonesomeoctoberlit.wordpress.com/2018/03/26/anna-m-by-spangle-mcqueen/

My poem is up at Burning House Press!

I'm excited to say my poem Forgotten Astronaut is up at Burning House Press today.
Some of you friends may have seen it before but it's so cool to see it properly published and amongst other fab work including two poems by Kate Garrett-Nield!
Thanks to Amee Nassreen Broumand the guest editor who has been lovely. 
And I will always honour Liz Ferrets for getting me started with submitting x

https://burninghousepress.com/2018/03/17/forgotten-astronaut-by-spangle-mcqueen/

Bonnie's Crew https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/bonnieandcrew

My poem Devon, August 14th 1999 is on the Bonnie's Crew website set up by Kate Garrett-Nield to raise money for the Children's Hearts Surgery Fund.

It's in the company of some amazing poems. Check it out!

https://bonnieandcrew.wordpress.com/2018/02/17/poem-devon-august-14th-1999-by-spangle-mcqueen/