Sarah Lamptey

Writing

  • Rise

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  • The Church Visit

    What of a church, captures my breath Returns it to me full of life and of death? Wood underfoot and stone walls recall The millions of tales of time gone… Read more

  • The Commute

    Notes floated down The tunnel around The heads of those Gone home. “…And a knick knack baddie whack Give a dog a bone…” The sound made heads Look up from… Read more

  • The Lovers

    The lovers swapped hearts Faster than advised In magazines and By tarot cards. Spending days Fixing eyes and Twining limbs Till out of breath And dazed They sit Watch a… Read more

  • The Wave

      She turned to wave As she tumble-skipped by The sweep of her hand May have rippled life A million miles away. A gesture to swallow The hate of the… Read more

  • Interruptions

    I watched the sun set over Portsmouth Harbour. It was as though a child had chosen the far-fetched combination of fluorescent orange and neon pink before curling bright waves across… Read more

  • The Power of a Free Public Shower

    https://www.change.org/p/jeremy-corbyn-mp-install-free-public-showers-in-london-to-enhance-the-wellbeing-of-those-who-sleep-rough Last year, at the winter shelter where I volunteer, a guest said to me that London should have free public showers. It was one of many evenings spent trying… Read more

  • PARP!

    Walking into Boots, a man waiting outside says “hello…” in a picky-uppy kind of way. He’s then right in front of me at the tills, looking a lot like he’s… Read more

  • LOL

    “Lol” took the space Where a laugh used to be Throaty and loud and true, A reaction to life, not a split second gone, And setting more snap-laughs too. A… Read more

  • Folkestone

    On the street where the soles of my shoes touch down I wonder where you paced, Did you look out upon the waves And long for your grandmother’s face? Was… Read more

  • Like Today

    On a day like today, When a mariachi band will rip and whirl through a carriage dense with tears unwept, The wild joy and mad shift Makes one smile, makes… Read more