Antonia Rachel Ward

Transmission

15th January: On this day in 1980, Sid Rockwell, the enigmatic lead singer of post-punk band Atrocity Exhibition, walked out

Our cavernous rooms are walled with sharp stone, crusted with molluscs. We sit weaving our stories, amongst seaweed wreathes that

“Never venture too far into the water,” my Grandmother used to warn me. “Apotamkin waits for you.”I never believed the

We ran down to the water’s edge, laughing, hand in hand. Night swimming. It was your idea; I took some

I swam as far from the beach as I dared. The ocean was drenched in sunlight. I floated adrift, feeling

The dark ocean washes over my feet, foam curling around my toes. This sea took all my dreams; engulfed them

You wore red to the party. I remember you arriving, eyes shining, cheeks flushed by the cold, snowflakes drifting through

She once told me a story about a tower where she used to sit, day after day, at the window.