It goes on one at a time, it starts when you care to act, it starts when you do it again after they said no, it starts when you say we and know who you mean, and each day you mean one more.
Culture Matters was back at Centrala in Digbeth on the 9th February 2024, to celebrate the launch of Al Hutchins’ stonking cerebral masterwork, Rebel Admin (Culture Matters,... Continue reading
Miss Una Marson Speaks by Jenny Mitchell Call me glutton as I gorged on every English word – a book-mad child in Santa Cruz, Jamaica – my... Continue reading
This poem is about The Winding House museum in New Tredegar in the Valleys (see above), built on the site of the Elliot colliery. It is due... Continue reading
Here are a couple of poems from a new collection by Martin Hayes for Smokestack Books, called Machine Poems. the definition of a machine something that is made... Continue reading
Introduction to ‘Dwell Time’ by Tom Branfoot, Poet in Residence at Manchester Cathedral – see attached pdf By Fran Lock The idea of ‘dwelling’ as homely habitation... Continue reading
A Machinery Handbook Will Never Solve This Problem by Fred Voss A machinist is hired and rolls his rollaway toolbox down the machine shop aisle and parks... Continue reading
Sean Fitzgerald by Nick Moss The jakes told a passerby “We’re just executing a warrant”.There was an execution, for sure.January 4th 2019.Sean Fitzgerald, aged 31.Burnaby Road.Coventry.No mention... Continue reading
Black Square by Mark A. Murphy The square is not a subconscious form. The square is a living, regal infant. – Kasimir Malevich i Velásquez knows all... Continue reading
Parcel by Philip Berry Paper softens, a damp corner Torn in the violence of lost yearsLifted to a sinister eyeSees night within, doubts clustered Weightless calculations bentBy... Continue reading
Here’s tae the man’s life –its drivin root, its rise, its faur reach –and tae the great hairst he gather’d in! Here’s tae the wark –the high... Continue reading