"Powerful, relevant and a stark and intimate examination of how grief leaves its mark on the body." (John Byrne Award, Judging Panel, November Shortlist 2023)
Laura Gentile's poetry and drawings have been shortlisted for the John Byrne Award 2023 and have been exhibited at Summerhall in Edinburgh.
When I let him take me
And mustered up the courage
To look him in the eyes
All I could see
Were two dead black button pupils
And I was terrified
And I sank back into myself.