sunlight splits sharply through bare chestnut branches, like a bottle to splinters on grey kitchen tile. autumn ends suddenly and flakes over winter – the bodies of foliage wet mildew and mulch. meat dropped to corners like a wrecked rotten chicken; stalks on the pavement, discarded wing bones.
DS Maolalai has been described by one editor as "a cosmopolitan poet" and another as "prolific, bordering on incontinent". His work has nominated eleven times for Best of the Net, eight for the Pushcart Prize and once for the Forward Prize, and has been released in three collections; Love is Breaking Plates in the Garden(Encircle Press, 2016), Sad Havoc Among the Birds(Turas Press, 2019) andNoble Rot(Turas Press, 2022)
