“What do you clutch for on the back of a horse as it wanders loosely away from its stable?”

Siobhan (she/her or they/them) is a poet based in Barcelona, Spain. Siobhan’s poetry draws on a wide range of human experiences to bring sensuality, connection and emotion to the page and the stage. Find Siobhan’s work in online and print publications and on the stage of the Barcelona Poetry Brothel through her alter ego Sebastian. Scroll down to read poetry!

Read Siobhan’s Work

Some links to read Siobhan’s work online

A False Separation

Poem in A Closed Eye Open, issue X, winter 2023-2024

Letter To My Latest Street Abuser

Spoken word poem published as a video on Wordpress Discover and online magazine The Fem.

Two Months In

Poem published in Hawaii-based online magazine The Ulu Review, November 2023.

A Window We Open

A short piece in Passengers Journal that won the Passengers PRIDE Prize for flash fiction in 2021.

Elizabeth Hears the News

Short story for teenagers based on the life of Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy, early 20th century campaigner for women’s rights.

Jack and the Beanstalk

A short story published by United Nations Women in the Awake Not Sleeping anthology of fairy tales rewritten from an intersectional feminist perspective.

Full Publications List

Here is a full list of Siobhan’s publications online and in print.

2016-2021

“How do you make the block of heat breathe you? How do you spin a stone into dark waves? How do you make sure your catches are sometimes just out of reach?”