
On ‘Summer/Break’ by Richie McCaffery
Declan Ryan Richie McCaffery’s third collection, Summer/Break (Shoestring, 2022), is one of quiet peril. Everywhere one looks there is a quest, however …
Declan Ryan Richie McCaffery’s third collection, Summer/Break (Shoestring, 2022), is one of quiet peril. Everywhere one looks there is a quest, however …
Neil Elder In America, George Bilgere is widely published and revered, winner of a Pushcart Prize and a regular in many of the …
Photo by Mediocre Studio on Unsplash She puts away childish things Early mornings – I would turn no light …
Alistair Noon writes: Osip Mandelstam (1891–1938) grew up in St. Petersburg and published his first book, Stone, in 1913. One more volume followed …
Photo by Ben Allan on Unsplash Not Harlem but Close The place that produced me was heavy as the …
Aged I’m thinking again of Gallagher’s strat. You can’t get that sweated scrubbed-out look from a custom shop, and …
Photo by bennoptic on Unsplash Silence A squirrel scampers the wall of the nature reserve In this idyll I’m …
The Form of an Armoured Car (Belfast, 1977) A Saracen’s squat tonnage shudders through the lines of flat-faced houses. …
Rishi Dastidar An odd place to start but bear with. The Fence, a new-ish, waggish magazine (think Private Eye meets Popbitch) shared …
Photo by Dagmara Dombrovska on Unsplash Landskein The hut tilted and in came the tide, gathering jars and books from …