THE FIRST 7 DAYS AS A WITCH

Natalie Moores

Day 1: Turn you into a witch so we can do this fresh new life together

Day 2: Beam green at the mountaintop

Day 3: Work up courage to remove a newt’s eye (me) and a frog’s toe (you)

Day 4: Cry almost all day about the newt (me) and the frog (both)

Day 4 (much later): Eat a child, whole

Day 5: Put that man’s name in a deep chest so no one can hear his shrieking

Day 6: Bristle at the ghouls at the base of our necks. Some witch business feels familiar

Day 7: Hold tight to who we were and who we are. Soar.

Natalie Moores is a poet from Manchester living and working in London. She won the Overton Poetry prize in 2018 with her debut pamphlet collection, Single Girl Lies Hidden, published shortly after in 2019. Her work has been featured in various publications both in print and online including Shooter Literary Magazine, Ink, Sweat and Tears, Coronaverses Collective, Best of Manchester Poets, Agenda, Poet and Geek, Medusa’s Laugh Press (USA) and many more. She’s also both a keen spoken word performer and creative writing workshop facilitator alongside the day job of running her own creative branding studio.