Schrodinger’s text
you message my phone
left unread, you both do and
do not want me back
Tamiko Dooley was the winner of the BBC Radio 3 carol competition 2021. Previous publications include “SHIMA (Islands)” (Alien Buddha Press, 2022), “Seasons of Love Around the Rising Sun” (Broken Sleep Books, 2023), “The Japanese House” (Cephalo Press, 2023), and “Gakusei (The Schoolgirl)” (Audience Askew, 2024). Her poem “Yurushi” was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 as one of their Friday poems in August 2023. Her fifth book is out in 2025 with Black Eyes Publishing. She is also writing musicals as part of the ATG Surrey program as of August 2024.