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HOME IS
WHERE THE SIREN SINGS HER SONG
by
Bradford Middleton
The siren sings her song
of lost love
To a chorus of lonely drunk
sad old men
And, at last, I feel it
That feeling, that sense
that at long last
I am home and the good
times have returned. . . .
Bradford Middleton lives in
Brighton on the UK’s southeast coast. He was born in London during the
long hot summer of 1971 and growing up on a council estate and attending the
local school, he learnt two things; if he didn’t kick back he’d never get
anywhere in this life, merely becoming another cog in the wheel, and has been
kicking against those pricks his entire life.
He began writing when he arrived in Brighton in the early
years of the new century and began reading his poems to often stunned and
confused onlookers until one day Mad Swirl asked to publish one of his
poems. He’s had four chapbooks published since then and has hundreds of poems
dotted all over the internet. His work has featured in the Chiron
Review, Evening Street Review, New Reader Magazine, Paper
& Ink Lit Zine, Horror Sleaze Trash, and Razur Cuts,
amongst other places including, of course, Yellow Mama. Follow him
on Twitter @BradfordMiddle5.
It's
well known that an artist becomes more popular by dying, so our pal Steve
Cartwright is typing his bio with one hand while pummeling
his head with a frozen mackerel with the other. Stop, Steve! Death by mackerel
is no way to go! He (Steve, not the mackerel) has a collection of spooky toons,
Suddenly Halloween!, available at Amazon.com. He's done art for several magazines, newspapers,
websites, commercial and governmental clients, books, and scribbling - but mostly drooling
- on tavern napkins. He also creates art pro bono for several animal rescue groups. He
was awarded the 2004 James Award for his cover art for Champagne Shivers. He
recently illustrated the Cimarron Review, Stories for Children, and Still Crazy
magazine covers. Take a gander ( or a goose ) at his online gallery: www.angelfire.com/sc2/cartoonsbycartwright . And please hurry with your response - that mackerel's
killin' your pal, Steve Cartwright.
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