CY FORREST

Poet

I dream therefore I write poems, sing, play guitar, perform. Poems in Spelt, Abridged, Honest Ulsterman, IceFloe Press, Wombwell Rainbow, Poetry Ireland Review, Stand, the Live Canon Anthology 2022, Obsessed With Pipework.

Poems

My she-bot poems are published at Otoliths with gratitude to the editor Mark Young, and at eratio with gratitude to the editor Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino.

the school gate mums are gluing themselves to the British museums at the Honest Ulsterman with gratitude to the editor Gregory McCartney.

The Herald of the Living Earth and Residence Time are published at the Wombwell Rainbow with gratitude to the editor Paul Brookes.

The Slick Street Part of the World

My Mother’s Tongue

Replacing the Cobblestones

Elvis at the Golden Shovel

In Central Southern England

Mozart in Manchester

The North, Iota, comps Yorks, Exeter.

Mentor of the Weak was longlisted by Billy Collins for the Fish Poetry Prize 2022.

Strong Men, Carrying Horses was longlisted by Billy Collins for the Fish Poetry Prize 2021.