HIDDEN/UNBORN

blackout poetry, extracted from ‘The Nightingale’s Nest’ by John Clare (1793-1864)

softly
she dwells here
hush! the fear
might drive her home.
for I’ve heard
at morn, at eve,
she is
all

bluebell flowers
laughing through mossy rails -
hunted
through matted thorn
see her feed

hidden unborn.
and I’ve
watch’d her while she sung
marvel

her wings tremble in ecstasy,
feathers stand on end,
mouth wide open
sobbing

the timid bird
lost
again

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Dakota Warren, 25, London - England ✯ IG: @fairy_bl00d & TT: @sp3llb00k

“Lady Dakota, aka Nowhere Girl, is a poetess and performer who climbed out of the depths of an overly religious rural Australia and hasn’t stopped running since. She eats words for breakfast, listens exclusively to Chet Baker in autumn, and was crowned bCreators Book Creator Of The Year 2023. ON SUN SWALLOWING (finalist for Goodreads Choice Best Poetry Book 2022) is her debut poetry collection and NOWHERE GIRL COLLECTIVE is her freshly birthed baby.”