New work
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Two poems by Matthew Paul
Chris Balderstone in action for Carlisle United and England The Last Corinthians for Ann and Peter Sansom A cricket bat slumped at the back […]
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‘claim your ghost’ – a poem by Charlie Baylis
claim your ghost for sophie a night of solitude by the river driftwood floating through the distance thinking back to the time before you were […]
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‘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, Which was ironic because, in […]
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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 of a child born […]
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‘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 grow. Later when the history […]
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‘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 over landscapes all day, lie […]
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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. Nonetheless it makes the Mersey […]
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‘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 waits, the city’s roads sliming […]
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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 alters every year; so explorers […]
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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 go – Kathleen Raine, ‘Night […]
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‘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 compels me to lift the […]
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‘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 the rag’n bone man clip-clopping […]
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Two poems by Ruth Beddow
Arrival I. Julie shouts from her second-floor window I HAVE THE COUNCIL ON SPEED DIAL IF YOU CAUSE ANY TROUBLE and this plastic-clad pile becomes home. […]
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After Catullus – three versions by Peter Jenkins
The bridge above the station – After Catullus 5 Hunger on their lips for living, for loving, they disregard the looks of strict old men and […]
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‘Talking at Breakfast’ – a poem by William Wootten
The below poem is taken from William Wootten’s new pamphlet, Looking at the Horsemen, published by New Walk Editions on 4th May. On the same day, it will […]
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‘Learning About Constellations’ – a poem by Saddiq Dzukogi
Poetry And, the much-loved public events series at King’s chaired by Professor of Poetry Ruth Padel, is teaming up with the Obsidian Foundation – a new foundation for […]
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Four Bal Maidens – a sequence by Morag Smith
– Bal Maiden I – Morning Rain ‘I ain’t complaining’ she hugs herself in the thin light before the sun is properly up A chilly […]
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‘Swimming Lessons’ – a poem by Ariana Benson
Poetry And, the much-loved public events series at King’s chaired by Professor of Poetry Ruth Padel, is teaming up with the Obsidian Foundation – a new foundation for Black […]
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Two poems by Ion Corcos
A Magpie on a Downpipe I sweep white blossoms from the path, hard bristles unbending on each stroke; it is not till months later, when the […]
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‘In Concert’ – a poem by Tamar Yoseloff
Picture credit: Stephen Wells In Concert We were sitting in a crowded hall, waiting for the lights to dim – before the halls were emptied – […]