‘Meccano Magazine’ – a poem by Bernard O’Donoghue
Meccano Magazine Bridge May Riordan ordered it for me From London. Being educational, It was exempt from the 2d Purchase Tax, …
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Two poems by John Challis
The below poems are taken from John Challis’s debut collection, The Resurrectionists, forthcoming from Bloodaxe this month. There’s been talk …
‘In Memoriam Alun Lewis’ – a poem by Byron Beynon
In Memoriam Alun Lewis 1915-1944 From India you wrote of coming back and that isolation for youth to breathe and …
‘The Stillness of the Cows’ – a poem by Robert Etty
Photo by Henrik Hjortshøj on Unsplash The Stillness of the Cows While summer’s delaying, they doze and graze, ruminate …
Three poems by William Thompson
Toll I hear the accusations like the Lutine Bell: nostalgie de la boue or blood and soil; found poetry or cento. …
‘The Insomniac’s Mouth’ – a poem by Satya Dash
The Insomniac’s Mouth drones like a cave ululating the breeze of an unmoored summer night. In a hotel room his lover …
Two poems by Alwyn Marriage
Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash Compass point Compass north can wander many miles apart from true north, and it …
Two poems by John Gohorry
Photo by Jonny Gios on Unsplash Lines in rock Words say waters flow rocks weather ferns wither winds blow times …
‘Santa Maria del Popolo’ – a poem by Olivia Hodgson
Santa Maria del Popolo They are listening underfoot here, filigree-tongued and built with bones crowding from centuries of faltering tombs. Childhood …
‘Patwá’ – a poem by Gary Jude
Patwá When I was a young boy, Sundays spoke a strange tongue: Jesus and his gang of bells, the cry of …