Two poems by Naush Sabah
The Burial And when the pestilence passed through the second time We stood stunned in the wreckage of our lives. I …
Two poems by Scott Elder
The Elegance of a Simple Soul Utterly out of place a sloth in a dark café movements too slow to be …
Two poems by Mat Riches
Ash He found out I smoked the day I went off to university, and disapproved, of course, but nothing he could …
Two poems by Arundhathi Subramaniam
When Landscape Becomes Woman I was eight when I looked through a keyhole and saw my mother in the drawing room …
‘The Terrific-Strange’: some student poets of 1965
Mark Valentine In 1958 a group of tutors and students at the University of North Staffordshire, Keele, published a booklet anthology entitled …
‘Outside the Turf Club, Piccadilly’: a poem by L Kiew
Outside the Turf Club, Piccadilly There’s too much moustache wax and pastel corduroy, an excess of vetivers, Trumper’s Extract of Lime, …
‘In Between’: a poem by Alan Zhukovski
In Between A rebellious leaf tries his best to remain on the branch. He trembles from pain and air. He’s not …
Two poems by Ranjit Hoskote
Picture credit: Jurgen Brocan Ranjit Hoskote’s The Atlas of Lost Beliefs was published by Arc in April and is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation …
Two poems by Emily Bilman
Inscape Treading the wild moors for miles A solitary figure gathered leeches That would soak sick bodies, purge Their blood, cleanse, …
Three poems by Eric Ngalle Charles
Picture Credit: Paul Musso Hay Festival 2019 If Heaven is Her Father’s Land, Her Father Can Keep It Let the …