madonna   there’s no art in america, it’s all sugar & war. – sophie robinson   i wake up dreaming i’ve made …

        The Burial   And when the pestilence passed through the second time We stood stunned in the wreckage of our lives. I …

        The Elegance of a Simple Soul   Utterly out of place a sloth in a dark café movements too slow to be …

        Ash   He found out I smoked the day I went off to university, and disapproved, of course, but nothing he could …

        When Landscape Becomes Woman   I was eight when I looked through a keyhole and saw my mother in the drawing room …

Picture Credit: Paul Musso Hay Festival 2019           If Heaven is Her Father’s Land, Her Father Can Keep It   Let the …

        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 rebellious leaf tries his best to remain on the branch. He trembles from pain and air. He’s not …

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 …

        Inscape   Treading the wild moors for miles A solitary figure gathered leeches That would soak sick bodies, purge Their blood, cleanse, …