Three poems by William Thompson
Photo by Jinen Shah on Unsplash Farm Work Your first car catches heat like a tin roof, white clouds snag …
‘Saree’: a poem by Sambhu R.
Photo by soumya parthasarathy on Unsplash Saree Mother gathers the folds of her old chiffon saree around her shoulders …
‘Lest We Forget’: a poem by John Seymour
Photo by Metin Ozer on Unsplash The below poem won first prize in the SSA (Soldiers’ Arts Academy) International Poetry Competition 2021. …
In Defence of Inspiration
Photo by Rohan Makhecha on Unsplash Sarah Fletcher I want to start with an anecdote: I was at the pub after a …
‘Bitter Hops’: a poem by Lucy Holme
Oasthouse cowls, Sissinghurst, Kent Bitter Hops I am the end of a Kent summer, the careful cutting of the bine. …
‘Flat’: a poem by Tim Relf
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Flat The new floors, kitchen and bathroom, I can just about cope with. I’m fine …
Two poems by D. R. James
Photo by Quino Al on Unsplash Rec Rugby, 195 Years Later* — for Maggie Current version of the original …
On ‘Rite of Passage’ by Dom Bury & ‘What Fire’ by Alice Miller
Charlie Baylis Environmental poetry has made a comeback, with terror-infused natural disaster coverage and polarising climate protests riding high in the news …
‘Marginalised and Pigeonholed’: a re-evaluation of Evangeline Paterson
Matthew Stewart urges the re-evaluation of Evangeline Paterson as a major poet of her generation Blurbs tend to get a justified bashing …
Two poems by Stewart Sanderson
Photo by David Brooks on Unsplash Peniel Heugh Hounded from the burghs at killing time the Covenanters hid their faith …