Neil Leadbeater is an international author, editor, essayist, poet and critic living in Edinburgh, Scotland. His short stories, articles and poems have been published widely in anthologies and journals both at home and abroad.
His most recent books are Librettos for the Black Madonna (White Adder Press, Scotland, 2011); The Worcester Fragments (Original Plus Press, England, 2013); The Loveliest Vein of Our Lives (Poetry Space, England, 2014), The Fragility of Moths (Bibliotheca Universalis, Romania, 2014) and Sleeve Notes (Bibliohteca Universalis, Romania, 2016). A selection of his poems in Spanish, La Transmissión de la Noche is due to be published in Buenos Aires, Argentina, later this year.
He is a regular reviewer for the on-line journal Galatea Resurrects (A Poetry Engagement) (USA) and his work has been translated into Romanian, Spanish and Swedish.
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► Neil's Origami micro-chapbook & selected poem are available below. Click the title to download the one-page PDF micro-chapbook.
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Origami Micro-Chapbook |
Selected Poem(s) |
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Cover art:
Heuchera Leaf by Lauri Burke
The poem Gunnera first appeared
in Poetry Space (UK)
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Every Origami Micro-chapbook
may be printed, for free, from this website.
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{mooblock=Dock} How we mistreated you, tore off your leaves to rub against our skin hoping that you would take the sting out of living. We hurt you because we ourselves were hurt. We lashed out and left the nettle alone. It was cowardly, I know, and our shame grew like the green stain you left on us the mark on the palm of the hand. • Neil Leadbeater © 2016 {/mooblock} |
