Windfalls

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Mae Susie Wild yn ysgrifennu gyda chywirdeb a chydbwysedd am fyd lle mae trampolînau yn hedfan gan darfu ar drenau, afalau yn gorchuddio'r ardd fel carped, y lleuad goch yn suddo, y mellt yn fflachio, brain yn cysgodi a drudwennod yn disgyn o'r awyr yn Ynys Môn.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

Susie Wild writes of fruit blown down by the wind and of unexpected and unearned gains and advantages. Here flying trampolines disrupt the trains, apples carpet gardens, the red moon sinks, lightning strikes, crows take cover and a murmuration of starlings falls from the Ynys Môn sky.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Susie Wild is author of the poetry collection Better Houses , the short story collection The Art of Contraception listed for the Edge Hill Prize, and the novella Arrivals . Her work has recently featured in Carol Ann Duffy's pandemic project Write Where We Are Now , The Atlanta Review , Ink, Sweat & Tears and Poetry Wales . She was placed second in the Welshpool Poetry Festival Competition 2020, was highly commended in the Prole Laureate Prize 2020, was shortlisted for an Ink Sweat & Tears Pick of the Month 2020 and longlisted in the Mslexia Women's Poetry Competition 2018. Born in London, she lives in Cardiff.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

'Powerful, beautifully crafted poems... there's nothing like poetry to cut down the spaces between us, to leap across gaps, make a friend of a stranger.' - Jonathan Edwards Windfall: 1 : something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind 2 : an unexpected, unearned, or sudden gain or advantage It is the night my driver's door opens at the traffic-jam-junction, the stalled red lights. The click as the door in front unlocks. His sudden lunge forward, the fast words, a swung fist at the other driver, caught cold, and I watch–– - From 'In this battle, there won't be many hugs', 2nd prize winner in the Welshpool Poetry Festival Competition 2020 In Windfalls , Wild writes of fruit blown down by the wind, of unexpected and unearned gains which renew the beauty and joy of life. Here flying trampolines disrupt trains, apples carpet gardens, the Balloon Girl rises and the red moon sinks. In a city of ups and downs the Handkerchief Tree rare-blooms, fists and knickers are flung, crestfallen angels consider dates, carnivores go hungry, wedding vows are made and a pandemic honeymoon is cancelled. These are also stories of heroines who fall or jump from pedestals, taking risks in a world that is often dangerous for women, but refusing to settle for the conventional. Wild continues to bring us her refreshingly slant world view, whether unpicking the domestic, the political or the environmental. Praise for Better Houses: 'Susie Wild writes with poise and precision about the places we inhabit, casting a benevolent spell over her reader.' – Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch 'These poems are spells whose words bewitch the ordinary and transform the objects and routines of our human world with their word-magic.' – Gillian Clarke