twice she walks from the far side
see her through the rain window
what is higher than our lives
she writes in the mist
there is stone underfoot
and above swallows gather the sky
their lines are heartache
they are space they tremble
the woman is drawn to silences
to golden forgotten things
she has made a home in the words
her pockets are filled with lightness
Lydia Harris
Lydia Harris has made her home in the Orkney island of Westray. Her first full collection Objects for Private Devotion (Pindrop) was long listed for the Highland Book Prize 2022. Her second collection Henrietta’s Library of the Whole Wide World, was published in 2024.