Andrew Tucker Leavis
Andrew Tucker Leavis is based in Nottingham, UK where he is the literary editor of award-winning Midlands arts magazine LeftLion. He writes as a freelancer for Under the Radar, Comma Press, the Nottingham Post and other publications. He won the Nottingham Young Creative Award for writing in 2019, and was one of three English language winners in the University of Lille’s 2024 Indépendance poetry prize. He recently finished a virtual residency with Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature.
Kingdom of Heaven - Monitoring Form
Without taking advantage of the width of eternity
Please outline how you got here:...
Have you ever qualified for free bread / fish?
Yes ☐ No ☐ Prefer not to say ☐
Do you have a moral impairment which affects
your day-to-day activities?
Yes ☐ No ☐ Prefer not to say ☐
A tree fell when god wasn’t around. But you were.
Did it make a sound?
Yes ☐ No ☐ Prefer not to say ☐
A man on the lip of a bridge
Once asked you whether he should go home
What did you tell him?
Yes ☐ No ☐ Prefer not to say ☐
Are you enjoying that light breeze
Through the holes in your ear?
Yes ☐ No ☐ Prefer not to say ☐
Do you have any unspent convictions
Which might trip you over
The carpet of Heaven?
Yes ☐ No ☐ Prefer not to say ☐
How would you prefer your next-of-kin to be contacted?
Prayer ☐ Prefer not to pray ☐
Is the soul you identify with the same as
The one you were assigned at birth?
Yes ☐ No ☐ Prefer not to say ☐
Where did you see Heaven advertised?
The inseam of my heart ☐ Referred by a friend ☐ Other ☐
Are you enjoying that light ringing in your ear?
Yes ☐ No ☐ Prefer not to say ☐
Will you tell an employee if, all at once,
You realise you have come to the wrong place?
Yes ☐ Yes ☐ Yes ☐