Sock Anxiety
But looka this thing for me, though. This child
born and named for daybreak. This lithe wire
testing her spark but wanting, still, at 17
to nuzzle her mother’s neck, be up onderneat’
Linda M. Deane is a Barbadian literary activist also known as The Summer Storyteller. She is a former journalist, an editor, and one half of the publishing and cultural forum ArtsEtc (www.artsetcbarbados.com). Her poetry and essays appear in various journals and anthologies and have won her multiple national awards including the Frank Collymore Literary Endowment and a Governor-General’s Award for Literary Excellence. Linda also writes for children, and has been delivering literacy and creative writing programmes in schools, camps and communities for over 15 years. You can find her on Instagram and as host of the podcast A Moment with The Summer Storyteller.