Most Read Poets of 2018 at North of Oxford

The following list consists of the 15 most read poets as of December 2018 determined by readership at North of Oxford.

A Poem by Kristina Krumova

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2018/11/15/a-poem-by-kristina-krumova/

3 Poems by Byron Beynon

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2018/10/14/3-poems-by-byron-beynon/

2 Poems by Lilah Clay

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2018/08/15/2-poems-by-lilah-clay/

Voices by Linda Stevenson

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2018/06/15/voices-by-linda-stevenson/

Uncle by Michael A. Griffith

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2018/10/14/uncle-by-michael-a-griffith/

In the Mirror by Byron Beynon

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2018/02/15/in-the-mirror-by-byron-beynon/

Winter Tune-up by Charles Rammelkamp

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2018/07/15/winter-tune-up-by-charles-rammelkamp/

Lectures on Poetry by M.V. Montgomery

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2018/07/15/lectures-on-poetry-by-m-v-montgomery/

One day, her hands became birds by Arlyn LaBelle

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2018/03/15/one-day-her-hands-became-birds-by-arlyn-labelle/

Temple of Jupiter by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2018/09/14/temple-of-jupiter-by-jefferey-cyphers-wright/

Bait by Daniel Casey

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2018/03/15/bait-by-daniel-casey/

2 Poems by Edward L. Canavan

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2018/01/15/2-poems-by-edward-l-canavan/

2 Poems by John D Robinson

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2018/01/15/2-poems-by-john-d-robinson/

2 Poems by Carl Kaucher

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2018/05/15/2-poems-by-carl-kaucher/

Leave by Tony Walton

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2018/01/15/leave-by-tony-walton/

.

.

3 Poems by Byron Beynon

.

Corner of a Room

.

Can a room

preserve a memory?

The key is hidden,

but the curtain is drawn

back to allow the eyes

to settle on other lights.

Chairs, a table simply laid,

canvases at rest,

quietly the corner emerges

from darkness.

Summoned by the act of patience,

it is there in the mind’s uncharted

corridors where life goes on.

.

The Bead Chain

.

A barefooted adult and child

linked together in life.

They stare at each other.

Do they read

each others thoughts?

Are they the same?

They stand in a rich space,

but the silent guitar

has been banished

to a corner.

There is no music here,

only two apprehensive minds

contemplating the translation of their lives.

.

An Open Collar

.

I think of Keats wearing an open collar

fashionably turned down,

the black ribbon

round a bare neck,

his fresh, shy nerves

tapping against a window-pane

in a room of quiet intensity

and free movement.

In the early hours of an October morning

he sealed a letter,

dispatched a sonnet

to a breakfast table,

the anticipation conceived.

Seeing the compass of words

he gathered from experience,

moods captured from natural objects,

the heavily marked book

an exorcism for disappointments,

the murmurs rightly used.

.

Byron Beynon lives in Swansea, Wales. His work has appeared in several publications including North of Oxford, London Magazine, Chiron Review, The Lampeter Review, Poetry Wales, Poetry Salzburg and human rights anthology In Protest (University of London and Keats House Poets).  Collections include Cuffs (Rack Press) and the Echoing Coastline (Agenda Editions)