Tuesday Shannon
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Two poems by Tuesday Shannon
Photo by Khara Woods on Unsplash Catechism In the vestibule, Mum dips her hand in holy water, blesses each of her wayward flock with the sign of the cross. We are well-practiced in this deception: know when to kneel, stand, and pray, say ‘amen’ in the right places and,…
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Poems of Community and Historical Memory: an interview with Ian Parks
Portrait of Ian Parks by Andrew Farmer Ian Parks was born in 1959 and is the author of eight collections of poems, including Shell Island, The Exile’s House, Love Poems 1979-2009 and Citizens. He is editor of Versions of the North: Contemporary Yorkshire Poetry and the Selected Poems of Harold Massingham, and his…