Leah Armstead
Leah Armstead is a poet and artist living in mid-Wales. Her work has been published in a variety of magazines, e-magazines, and anthologies, and won various prizes and commendations in both Britain and America. In addition to the usual assortment of odd jobs, she has worked as an English teacher, poetry writing teacher, editor, proofreader, staff writer, counselor and mental health advocate.
Was Published in -
Standing on the Cast Iron Shore
and Other Poems
ISBN 978-1-905599-45-5
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looking for a man to make you whole.
Here are a hundred of them, perfectly formed.
These men will never let you down,
or give you a load of grief.
They’ll stay around.
Time and tide wait for no man.
So take one, quick.
They’ll love you like no other can.
Extract from winning entry ‘Standing on the Cast-Iron
Shore’ by Kathy Miles.
Standing on the Cast-Iron Shore and Other Poems
contains the winning entries from the Leaf Books Poetry
Competition 2008: they comprise thirty-three of the
most tantalising verses about iron men, deceptive
uncles, egregious myna birds and macadamia nut
steamers that you could ever hope to encounter.
The Leaf Books team was aided in the judging of this
competition by the poet Sheenagh Pugh.
