Eating sorrel leaves

Nóra Blascsók

through the school gate – guilty

pleasure. A child gorging on veg?

 

I promise it happened. Dusty, wilted

leaves that feet tread on. Or worse.

 

At home, sorrel came frozen into

a block. The other kids must have

 

thought me odd. Not the first time.

I tasted snow once to see what would

 

happen. A fresh piece of grass

snuck in – a bite of two seasons.

Nóra Blascsók is a Hungarian poet based in Manchester. She is a current Manchester Multilingual City Poet commissioned by Manchester City of Literature for 2025. Her debut pamphlet <body>of work</body> was published by Broken Sleep Books in 2022. Her recent poems can be found in Alchemy Spoon, Perverse, Magma and The Rialto and are forthcoming in Under The Radar and The Poetry Review.