Two Poems
by Simon Maddrell
the [erased] faggot
trusted [ ]
[ ]
not even time
]
]
]
fears
]
]
healing [
[ ] cutting [
]
[
[ ] telling
]
[ ] forgets
]
]
the lost [cook]
[ ] shirt [
]
two faces burning [
[ ] hands full [
[ ] thoughts
slipping [
[ ] harder [
]
[ ] tilted [
[ ] he will
[
[ ] wipe the pattern off [
Simon Maddrell (he/him/they) is queer and Manx living with HIV in Brighton, UK.
He appears in Gutter, Magma, Poetry Wales, SAND, Southword, Stand, The Rialto, Under the Radar, and others. Simon is also published in the USA: & Change, Black Mountain Press, Paragon, The Raw Art Review, American Poetry Journal, Stone of Madness, The Gay & Lesbian Review.
In 2020, Simon’s debut, Throatbone, was published by UnCollected Press, MA. Polari Press published their sixth pamphlet, Patient L1, in Feb 2025. Out-Spoken Press will publish Simon's debut collection, lamping wild rabbits, in Feb 2026.