Penny Blackburn

Penny Blackburn is from Yorkshire but lives in the North East of England. 

She has appeared in a wide variety of publications, including pieces online in Atrium, Riggwelter and Ink, Sweat & Tears and in print with Poetry Society News, Fragmented Voices and Fly on the Wall.

She is the co-host of Cullerpoets poetry stanza and is on Twitter and Facebook as @penbee8.

A TASTE FOR BREAD deconstructs fairytales and myths (along with some real-life events) and focusses on overlooked characters’ explanations for their actions. Quite often these ‘baddies’ are older women who have acted against a young princess ripe for a prince’s picking, and their actions are put down to jealousy. Here they are given a chance to explain themselves.

With my word as a dying witch, 
I tell you
that if that poor girl could have chosen
she never would have chosen this.
Yet you will watch – complicit – as he makes her beholden
by planting that brutal kiss.

(Last Statement from the Accused – the witch who cast the spell on Sleeping Beauty)​

Enter the world of myth and legend from Penny Blackburn’s perspective, and be prepared to be entranced.

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