be
yourself she said –
blowing smoke rings
above my head
later, I wrapped
mousy hair with
emerald silk
being her daughter
I want to keep
the smell
in
FRANKIE MULLEN studied for a Masters in Creative Writing at Sheffield Hallam. Her long-form sequence poem ‘The Hill of Bodies/Cnoc na gCorp’, inspired by the place her mother grew up in Co. Sligo, Ireland, was published in Apocalyptic Landscape (October 2024) edited by Steve Ely, published by Valley Press. She is a big fan of her local book festival, Todmorden Book Festival, and regularly chairs events. She is the co-founder of a North based creative agency.
