K Roberts

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a lost friendship
dormant in the mind’s steeple
is an unstruck bell

a furled sail, tethered
horse behind a fence, ignored
by cars rushing past

as I rake yellow
orchard leaves, the last apples – like
red foxes in snow

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K Roberts is a professional non-fiction writer, and a volunteer reader and editor for literary magazines. Artwork and poetry credits include Rundelaria, Pensive, Novus, Writing in a Woman’s Voice, and the now-shuttered Panoply and Otoliths, both of which are much-missed.

‘windfallen’ was Highly Commended in the Briefly Write Poetry Prize 2025.