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 …
‘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, …
Two poems by Will Stone after Georg Trakl
De Profundis There is a pine forest on which an acid rain falls. There is a tree of limbs that stands …
‘Root’: a poem by Suna Afshan
Root At the bottom of the garden In the heart of a blackberry bush Are limbs that do not bleed marrow. Feather …
‘A parent’s age’: on the poetry of Rory Waterman
Matthew Stewart ‘Belonging’ and ‘estrangement’ are key terms when getting to grips with Rory Waterman’s poetry. They played an explicitly pivotal role …
Two poems by Niall Campbell
Passing a Lake and Noticing There Were Swimmers The lake-swimmers push out again. Clothes wrapped in plastic on the bank. Is …
‘The Birdman’: a poem by Christine Roseeta Walker
The Birdman He knew he wasn’t like the parakeets in the guinep tree or the egrets in the mangrove or like …