#pd lyons

https://www.musepiepress.com/shotglass/index.html Shot Glass Journal is an on-line poetry journal devoted to short poetry. Where other poetry journals publish poems of various lengths and forms, Shot Glass focuses on both free verse and form poetry of 16 lines or less. Shot Glass Journal believes in fostering emerging talent as well as publishing well established poets. We hope you enjoy Issue…

The other day saw a few people I haven’t seen since the Backstreet Cafe burned down. Played some pin ball at Daz’s old place, now it’s a Puerto Rican hang out but what are you gonna do? Walked by the old Palace Theatre with it’s busted out glass and it’s boarded up Century 21 Real Estate marquee, the alley havens now blown open to the sun urban renewal exposing like soft worms all the winos and…

remember cooking is a sacred art so second v&t a grammatic incorrection because  properly it should be G&T but only have vodka left over from the tincturing; another benefit of tincture making is that there’s always a jug of left over vodka some where. making veggie soup with white beans, side salad and some crusty bread for dinner, and listening to Kathleen Edwards Failer album while doing so,…

true witch She made her way through the balmy autumn evening. She was checking the store front windows for a sign. It was around her somewhere. Ah here we are. The new age Wicca and pagan emporium. Sounds like it would be the place she thought. Meanwhile inside the ladies were gathering for their weekly meet. Tonight of course was the big one as it was Halloween night or samhain. They were all…

SOMETIMES IN THIS WRITING LIFE On the cherry wood smooth As kisses table, Quiet as dust between The rafters, I spend hours Wanting for nothing more Than that dark French coffee And these American cigarettes. Between paisley shadows, Where the chestnut floor meets My cold feet I sweep Afternoon’s debris Into the fire Just after sunset and stars Soft in a glow of kerosene, The black cat curls…

PD Lyons who hails from Castlepollard in Ireland and who writes poetry teaming with memories that are at one and the same time personal and universal. He was the outright winner of the 2019 erbacce-prize for poetry in a year when there were over Ten Thousand submissions world-wide.  the poet who will be more than happy to sign a copy of this 112 page perfect bound collection. or you can order…