Many thanks to NewWriting.net, run by Andrew Cowan at UEA (my alma mater), for featuring two poems from Hot Cockalorum, ‘Bratislava’ and ‘Cannonade’.
If Bratislava were a GIF:
![A police officer watches a group of sinister nuns get into a car. They freeze when they see him. They are all wearing latex nun masks. The cop looks away.](https://www.kirstenirving.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/nuns.gif)
If Cannonade’ were a GIF:
![A cute anime girl taps her red shoes, holds a card and flutters her wings. She wears a puff-sleeved blouse and a short red dress.](https://www.kirstenirving.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/animegirl.gif)
Basically, if being stalked by nuns or inhabiting a fake anime series floats your boat, pop across and read!