Kate Meyer-Currey

Kate Meyer-Currey was born in 1969 and moved to Devon in 1973. A varied career in frontline settings has fuelled her interest in gritty urbanism, contrasted with a rural upbringing. Her ADHD also instils a sense of ‘other’ in her life and writing.

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Publications include:

Family Landscape: Colchester 1957 (Not Very Quiet. 2020), Invocation (Whimsical Poet, 2021), Dulle Griet, Scold’s Bridle, Reconnaissance (RavenCageZine,2021), Fear the reaper, (Red Wolf Journal, 2021), Stream: Timberscombe (A River of Poems, 2021), Not so starry night (SheSpeaks, 2021)Dimpsey (Snapdragon, 2021), Mask (Disquiet Arts, 2021), Magnolia Stellata (Constellations, Literary North, 2021), Challenge (Poetry and Covid, March 2021), Scorpio rising (Noctivagant Press, April, 2021), Scrapheap Challenge (Handyuncappedpen, April, 2021), Scrubber in PPE, (Skirting Around, April, 2021), New perspective (Planisphere HQ, April, 2021), Daffs (Blue Heron Review, April 2021), Hilly Fields, (Pure Slush, Lifespan Vol 2, April 2021), Supplication to the Morrigan, Wolf Ridge (Quail Bell, April 2021) Kintsugi (Aurora, Kira Kira, May 2021), Dregs (Seinundwerden, May, 2021), Trigger (Collateral, May 2021), Minimum credula postero (Ponder Savant, May, 2021), Palisade: Seville Oranges, December (Odyssey, May, 2021), Morning: A38, Sunflowers, Devon Autumn, Dawn Chorus, Colours of Stars (Bloom, May, 2021), Rude awakening (Granfalloon: A Speculative Fiction Zine, June 2021), Restless, (Open Door, June 2021), Purple Jellyfish Shirt (Mono, June, 2021), Re-emergence (Her Inside: Women in the Lockdown, June, 2021), Wolf Ridge, Infinitesimal (1-3), Dregs (Poetica Review, June 2021) Gloveswas also listed in the top 100 of PoetryforGood’ competition, Summit and depths, Hawthorns, (Deep Overstock, June 2021)

Forthcoming

Cailleach (SageWoman),Dregs (Seinundwerden), Gloves (MacroMicroCosm), Phases of the Moon (Hags on Fire), Anthem for the Contaminated (TrainRiver), Maman Brigitte (Albany Poets), To the manse (Dunbar, 2019) (Young Ravens),Tessellation (Quillkeeper’s Press), Cloudburst: lunch in the garden (August 2020), (Planisphere HQ), Chopped egg and onion (Stick Figure), Released: unfinished conversation with my father (The Decadent Review), Get me out of here 2020 Island (Pure Slush), Evidence trails (Mono, forthcoming), Hairpiece (Hair Raising, Nine Pens), Etching: church spire Wellington (Weston Writers’ Nights), I am the tornado (Breath and Shadow), Invocation of the Elder Mother to her daughters: Hestia, Venus and the Virgin Mary (Cauldron), Re-emergence (International Guild of Women Writers), Grimoire of the Witch Poet, Eternal Haunted Summer), Air in the street, (Orchards Journal) Venice Dawn (Odyssey)

“Flag Iris (Once were warriors)” in Wildlife of the Underworld

"Lilies," "Sweet Williams," "Chinatown roses," and "Buttercups and daisies," in Plant People, An Anthology of Environmental Artists.

“Leaves in Autumn” featured in Autumn Equinox Collection.