A Thousand Shades of Green

Basiliké Pappa lives in Greece. She writes poetry, myth retellings,  and sometimes, short stories.  Her work can be found in Heron Tree, Carmina Magazine, Dark Passions, Otoroshi Journal, DarkWinter Literary Magazine, Rat’s Ass Review, and others. You can also read her in the anthologies Darker Objects (Indie Blu(e) Publishing, 2023), Hidden in Childhood (Literary Revelations, 2023), Wounds I Heal...

David Hanlon is a poet from Cardiff, Wales. He is co-poetry editor for Broken Spine Arts. You can find his work online in over 80 magazines, including Rust & Moth, Barren Magazine, The Lumiere Review & trampset. His first chapbook Spectrum of Flight is available at Animal Heart Press. You can follow him on twitter @davidhanlon13 and Instagram @hanlon6944

Sue Finch likes all kinds of coasts, peculiar things, and the scent of ice-cream freezers. She lives with her wife in North Wales. Her first published poem appeared in A New Manchester Alphabet in 2015 whilst studying for her MA with Manchester Metropolitan University. She won second prize in the Wild Words Single Poem contest in 2020 with ‘Flamingo’, a poem which then went on to be included in he...

Gaynor Kane, from Belfast in Northern Ireland, had no idea that when she started a degree with the OU at forty it would be life changing. It turned her into a writer and now she has a few collections of poetry published, all by The Hedgehog Poetry Press. Her latest chapbook, Eight Types of Love, was released in July 2022. You can contact Gaynor on Facebook here and Twitter here and read some poems...

This episode celebrates all of the incredible writers from Season 1: Samantha Terrell, Lawrence Moore, Steve Denehan, Robin Denehan, Damien B. Donnelly, Suzanne Craig-Whytock, and Annick Yerem.  You can find our more about each of them at floweringink.com

Annick Yerem is a German/ Scottish poet and EIC of Sídhe Press, who lives in Berlin. Her book, St Eisenberg and the Sunshine Bus, was published with Hedgehog Press in 2022. She has work in a few wonderful places, among them The Storms, iamb, The Dirigible Balloon, Anti-Heroin-Chic, Green Ink Poetry, Feral and Stanza Cannon. Annick´s goal  is to collaborate with other poets/artists and to try keepi...

Suzanne Craig-Whytock is the author of four novels: Smile, The Dome (English version, 2019; international Arabic translation, 2022), The Seventh Devil, and The Devil You Know, all published by Bookland Press, two short story collections: Feasting Upon The Bones and At The End Of It All, both published by Potter’s Grove Press, and the humorous non-fiction publication What Any Normal Person Would Do...

Damien B. Donnelly is the award-winning author of the poetry pamphlet Eat the Storms , a Stickleback micro-collection and the conversational pamphlet In the Jitterfritz of Neon, co-written by Eilín de Paor, all published by Hedgehog Poetry Press. He’s the host & producer of Eat the Storms , the poetry podcast and editor-in-chief of The Storms, a printed journal of poetry, prose and visual art....

Steve Denehan lives in Kildare, Ireland with his wife Eimear and daughter Robin. He is the author of two chapbooks and four poetry collections. Winner of the Anthony Cronin Poetry Award and twice winner of Irish Times' New Irish Writing, his numerous publication credits include Poetry Ireland Review and Westerly. You can find links to buy his books on his website .

Lawrence Moore has lived in the coastal city of Portsmouth, England since birth and shares a house overlooking Kingston Cemetery with his husband Matthew and their nine mostly well behaved cats.  His poems have appeared in publications including Sarasvati, Fahmidan Journal, Green Ink Poetry, Dreich and The Madrigal. He released a debut chapbook, Aerial Sweetshop, with Alien Buddha Press in January...

  Samantha Terrell is the author of multiple five-star collections. Her poem "Just Justice" was shortlisted for the 2021 Anita McAndrews Poets for Human Rights Award by Poets Without Borders. Terrell's poetry has been widely anthologized in publications such as Green Ink Poetry, In Parentheses, Misfit Magazine, Red Weather, Wildfire Words, and others. Terrell writes from Upstate New York where she...