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| Sarah Billington |
A few words on Edge Hill and my poetry
The last three years that I have spent studying at Edge Hill have
been what I believe to be the most formative years of my life. I have learnt so
much about myself and who I am as both a writer and poet. Before I came
here I hadn't written poetry in a very long time and I didn't even know if I
still could but it wasn't long before I found my voice again and now I write
almost everyday. My poetry is still in its early stages and I am
constantly trying out new ideas and themes and letting it take me wherever it
leads. I have recently just completed a portfolio on confessional
poetry that examined aspects of my life from childhood to early
adulthood, to who I am today as a woman, mother and aspiring poet. The
collection is a personal journey and one that I felt was important for me to
write at this stage in my life as it visits a part of my past that I had long
ago put to rest but had never forgotten.
Red Leaves
What of those final moments
when
all time folded into one
and we left our love
buried
under red leaves
like a disappeared smell
expectation
and bitter fruit.
How did I not fall
off
the edges of the earth
dissecting memories
painting them onto snow
the
moon turned black
shadows glided into darkness.
Bones of a young girl
wandering
out of town.
Sarah is currently a student on the MA at Edge Hill, details here.
