Red Biddy by Fran Lock red biddy, noun, a mixture of cheap wine and methylated spirits. biddy, noun, of unknown origin; probably influenced by the use of biddy denoting an Irish maidservant, from Biddy,... Continue reading
Pietà After the mural by Maxo Vanka by Fran Lock we have held him too, and wept our reticentalchemy. have worn our aura of knives. haverocked these... Continue reading
Fran Lock interviews Jane Burn, author of Yan, Tan, Tether (Indigo Dreams Press, 2020) Fran: Thank you so much for agreeing to answer these few questions about your latest... Continue reading
Fran Lock interviews Dr Golnoosh Nour, who was born in Tehran, about her new book, The Ministry of Guidance and Other Stories. Her debut poetry collection Sorrows... Continue reading
Fran Lock reviews Joker’s treatment of violence, poverty, class, gender and race, and the way it subverts ‘one of capitalism’s most pernicious fictions’ If you want to get... Continue reading
Canticle of the Sun for the feast of St. Francis, 4 October by Fran Lock And what if we should feel like singing? Liftour undefended faces to... Continue reading
helpston by Fran Lock the brazen head has spoken: heat. and now, the summerlifts its loaded pitchforks to the light. the pewit in the dog-whistle of its... Continue reading
Fran Lock writes in praise of a working-class poetics that revels in richness and strangeness, and includes a strange and rich poem taken from her forthcoming collection... Continue reading
In need of saints by Fran Lock no one else to share my slanted fate. god wasroutine unrelenting splendour; too fine and fara thing to help. nervous... Continue reading