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Leusa Lloyd

Nearing Winter

after "Funeral Blues" by W. H. Auden 


Tell the trees to stop 

their uncrowning. All 

I hear in the wind is the 

curlew, set to ticking clocks.

Leusa Lloyd is a Welsh writer, based in Oxford. She was long listed for the Mslexia Pamphlet Competition 2023. Her poetry and short stories can be found in Cardiff 75: Contemporary Writings from the City, Moon Water, Everscribe, and is forthcoming in Mugwort.

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