This month’s featured work is an ekphrastic prose poem based on the 1942 painting ‘Nighthawks’ by American artist Edward Hopper.
Alan is a Derbyshire lad, though not so “lad” anymore, who moved south before joining the group in November 2022. He’s often inspired by reading international fiction translated into English as a means of discovering other worlds. He prefers to focus on short stories and poetry and a recent piece was longlisted in this year’s Fish Short Memoir Prize. He works on his writing, music and art from his home in Kempsford where he lives with his wife and cat. He accepts being third in line in a list of priorities.
He views prose poetry as being akin to the old game of pinning the tail on the donkey.
You can read the prose poem here.
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