“I wonder if my dead mother still thinks of me”
– Saeed Jones
the dead are standing in a mist
the sun’s a fever burning through –
the living are seeing the dead
and the dead are seeing the dead
and the dead can see the living
and the dogs can hear their masters
bones sing, bones sing
Julian Stannard is a Reader in English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Winchester. His New and Selected Poems were published in 2025 and his satirical novel The University of Bliss came out in 2024. He was awarded the Premio Shelley in 2024.