….GOODBYE GOOD-TIME GEORGE
‘Goodbye Good-Time George’ by Lesley Burt was commended in the Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry Competition (July 2021) judged by Paul McDonald.
Following retirement from social work education, Lesley completed an MA in Creative Writing from Lancaster University. Her poems have been published widely in magazines including: Tears in the Fence, The Interpreter’s House, Prole, Sentinel Literary Quarterly, Reach, Sarasvati and The Butchers Dog; also online, including in Poetry Kit, The Poetry Shed, Algebra of Owls and Ink, Sweat and Tears.