Alice Louise Lannon

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Today I saw baby geese
and a body

face down on the street.
All the way home I thought

about being lonely. I said
hello to the old man in the lobby;

he told me my legs were lovely,
that my husband had better

watch out.

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Alice Louise Lannon is Scottish poet and writer of creative non-fiction, currently living in Vancouver, Canada. She holds an MLitt in Creative Writing from The University of Glasgow. Her publication credits include: Wet Grain, From Glasgow to Saturn, Querencia and Last Stanza Poetry Journal. At the moment, she is working on a book about the sea & storytelling & women’s narratives.