“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.
2022-2024
- (forthcoming) 2024 ‘These Feet’, in Beyond Queer Words Anthology 2024
- (forthcoming) 2024 ‘Elizabeth Hears the News’ Elizabeth’s Book, a book of stories about womanhood by Elizabeth’s Group
- (forthcoming) 2024 Selected poems, Libro rojo, vol. 14, Poetry Brothel Barcelona
- (forthcoming) 2023 ‘A Sudden Wind’, ‘Askance’, ‘A Buckle Of Steel’, poems in Pink Disco, December 2023 issue
- 2023 ‘A False Separation’ in The Closed Eye Open, Issue X, Winter 2023-2024
- 2023 ‘Two Months In’ in The Ulu Review, November 2023
- 2023 Premiere of ‘Her Army’, choral piece, Jamie Wesley (composer) and Siobhan Tebbs (lyrics), Friday 24 March at St Simon Zelotes Church
- 2023 Release of ‘Her Army, choral piece, Jamie Wesley (composer) and Siobhan Tebbs (lyrics)
- 2022 ‘The Wind Chime And The Moments,‘ ‘The Hush Of Rainfall,’ ‘Embers,’ poems in vol. 13, Poetry Brothel Barcelona
- 2022 Poetry Editor, Selected Poems by Sumie Maeda, tr. Marina Torruella Bonsoms, Yugettan Foundation
- 2022 ‘Elizabeth Hears the News’, short story commissioned by Elizabeth’s group published as a digital flipbook in ‘Stories’ on ElizabethElmy.com
- 2022 ‘Of Course’, ‘A Multitude of Summers’, poems in Parentheses Literary Magazine, issue 5
- 2022 ‘A Window We Open’, Passengers Journal Anthology 2020-2021: The First Words
2016-2021
- 2021 ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’, reimagined fairy tale in Awake Not Sleeping anthology, edited by United Nations Women
- 2021 Assistant Editor, The Furusato Song by Sumie Maeda, tr. Marina Torruella Bonsoms, Yugettan Foundation
- 2021 ‘Against The Earth’, ‘Sweeping The Breeze’, and ‘The Words We Never Spoke’, poems in Libro Rojo, vol. 12, Poetry Brothel Barcelona
- 2021 ‘A Window We Open’, PRIDE prize for flash fiction, short prose piece in Passengers Journal, June 2021
- 2021 ‘Just out of frame’, poem in The Closed Eye Open, Maya’s Micros, May 2021
- 2021 ‘The Charity Shop’, poem in Beyond Words Literary Magazine, issue 15, June 2021
- 2020 ‘Venus’, poem in Parentheses Literary Magazine, issue 4
- 2020 ‘While Foxes Sleep’, poem in Libro Rojo, vol. 11, Poetry Brothel Barcelona
- 2019 ‘something to burn’, poem in Parentheses Literary Magazine, issue 3
- 2018 ‘Health and Safety’, anecdote in Parentheses Literary Magazine, issue 2
- 2018 ‘The Year the Colors Changed’, poem, Typishly
- 2018 ‘before whisky after jazz’ – 3 poems, Dreamers Writing
- 2016 ‘Letter to my latest street abuser’, poem, The Fem
- 2016 ‘The Light Switch’, short story, 101 Words
- 2015 ‘The Prospective Employee’, short story, WriteBuzz Pick of the month
“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?”