Mark Mayes writes fiction, poems and songs. He is an avid reader, and enjoys walks in the countryside, especially by rivers. He has had poetry and stories published (including stories in Unthology 5, 9 and 10), and his novel, The Gift Maker, came out in 2017 with Urbane.
Scrumping
We collected apples
in old detergent boxes;
on wasteground
behind the blind school
they grew unclaimed
near the blackberry throngs;
the ones we could reach
and the windfall ones
went into boxes
we loaded full into the boot;
and the car grew soft with the scent
of apples, from there to here.
Mark Mayes