“[No] matter how many words I put down, it didn’t touch on what I was trying to get to. Instead, what I have tried to do is not say it, but use the space in-between, the felt space, and use that as a vehicle to get me, and hopefully the reader, closer to something.”
Author: Leigh Manley
Leigh Manley is a poet from the Llynfi Valley. He writes for both children and adults, publishing work with Northern Gravy, Dirigible Balloon, Poetry Wales, Red Poets, Nation.Cymru, and various anthologies. He was part of Literature Wales’ ‘Representing Wales’ programme for 2034/24.