Runner Up for the 2022 Grierson Verse Prize
Carl Alexandersson (he/him) is a queer spoken word poet and writer, based in Edinburgh. He was selected for the BBC Words First programme in 2021, awarded the UniSlam Slambassadors Award in 2020, and shortlisted for the Wolves Lit Fest Poetry Competition in 2022. His work has been published in Atrium Poetry, Ink Sweat & Tears, Impossible Archetype, and more.
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Some Time Afterwards
some plants need to be cut back to grow.
sometimes I wish you hadn’t gone but
some days the sun shines and
some November nights reveal starlit skies.
sometimes I wish you hadn’t gone but
some stars are the suns to planets like ours and
some November nights reveal a sky so cold it shivers.
some plants recover from cold shocks, but their leaves do not.
some stars are the suns to planets like ours.
some days a billion suns shine at once and
some plants grow new leaves.
some plants need to be cut back to grow.
