Shaun Belcher DEAD CENTRE If England was a target and you were looking at cross hairsIn the centre of the cross hairs would probably be DidcotThe most normal town in England according…
Category: POETRY
Island of Strangers – Poem Neil Fulwood
Neil Fulwood waxes topical… Talk to her: the woman who applies the gauzeand talks you through the aftercare. Talk to him: the man selling newspapersfrom the old-fashioned stall. The one whose identity’s…
The hedgehog and the goose – Shaun Belcher
ECOLOGICAL THEMES IN THE POETRY OF ALASDAIR MACLEAN AND WILLIAM NEILL. “At heart no flyer, I bristle timidly when touched. When the ice comes I retreat beneath it. I choose at last…
Roy Marshall – Three Poems
Definition ‘Elon Musk’s appearance at a Trump rally this afternoon is garneringsignificant attention due to a one-armed gesture.’BBC News A tool for digging. A sharp metal blade attached to a long handle.Often has footrests…
REVIEW: Blossom Hibbert
REVIEW: suddenly, it’s now by Blossom Hibbert (Leafe Press) There is a strand of poetry, among a certain demographic of its twenty-something practitioners, which is increasingly informed by workshops, degree courses, social…
Leanne Moden – Two Poems
Vacuum Cleaner, 2123 after Thomas Lux More kleptocrat than civil servant, she devoured tangled hair cobwebs, choked down our discarded essence, tarnished pennies rattling in her cavernous belly. Crushed Loestrin teased from carpet weave,moths…
Anthony Owen – Three Poems
Sunrise over Israel Sunrise with its loose threadshurt my eyes oh yellow starYou set last night head separated with Jupiter her deep scar visible onlyto those who looked hardthrough the looking glass….
Recent Translations of Yiannis Ritsos – Alan Baker
REVIEW: Recent Translations of Yiannis Ritsos Alan Baker In Secret: Versions of Yiannis Ritsos by David Harsent (Enitharmon Press) A Broken Man in Flower: Versions of Yiannis Ritsos by David Harsent (Bloodaxe…