Bio: Stephen Kingsnorth (Cambridge M.A., English & Religious Studies), retired to Wales, UK from ministry in the Methodist Church due to Parkinson’s Disease, has had pieces published by on-line poetry sites, printed journals and anthologies, including Fevers of the Mind.  He has, like so many, been a nominee for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. His blog is at https://poetrykingsnorth.wordpress.com/

Stephen’s work can be found in anthologies from us including “The Poetica Sisterhood of Sylvia & Anne” and “The Whiskey Mule Diner Poetry & Art inspired by Tom Waits”

Proof

They shared debate around the flames, a glowing fire, domestic shrine, thus sacred turf the site for pitch, that like the peat, the team was sweet, whatever referee had said. These Antrim sods of Ireland, North, that stood, still, watching Bushmills turn, Scotch planted, like the Black and Tans, as coppers in a sentry stance, stir…