Paradise
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Kay Ritchie grew up in Glasgow and Edinburgh, lived in London, Spain and Portugal and worked as a freelance photographer and radio producer. Published in the UK, Ireland, Africa and Australia she has performed at various events.
Paradise – Kay Ritchie
atriumpoetry.com 
This is a tremendous poem: such a pity that Derek Jarman is not alive to read it. It manages to be accessible to a wide range of readers but not banal. I liked particularly the alliteration, the extra resonance of including the precise names of the wild flowers and the romanticism countered by the more menacing imagery of the “Hiroshima” power station. Having seen the film of Jarman’s hut, all of these seem very appropriate.
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