Alice Stainer

Reasons for Mudflats

Silting

and settling

Bristle worms

and bivalves

Probing bills

and stilt-legs

Samphire

and sea lavender

Sinking

and storing

and resisting

Alice Stainer teaches English Literature and Creative Writing to visiting undergraduates in Oxford. Recent work appears in Dust, Bad Lilies, and Under the Radar and her debut pamphlet Headlands came out in September 2024 as a winner in the Live Canon competition.