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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.

Marge Piercy

Poetry

Not Going Home – ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’

15 October 2022 / 319

Not Going Home – ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’ * by Mark Cassidy It is not done, they said,to chain yourself to palace railings.Go breaking window glassor hatchet works... Continue reading

Mark Cassidy

Poetry

Blind Spot

15 October 2022 / 358

Blind Spot by Paul Francis She’s had to ditch that school job, which she loved;some supermarket shifts will pay the bills. She’s haunted by the story of... Continue reading

Paul Francis

Poetry

A Blakean Radical: R.I.P. Niall McDevitt, poet 22 February 1967-29 September 2022

11 October 2022 / 441

Almost incomprehensibly, radical poet, psychogeographer, poetry historian, activist, visionary and devout Blakean, Niall McDevitt, passed away on Thursday 29 September 2022 at just 55 years of age.... Continue reading

Alan Morrison

Poetry

‘Borrowed Rainbows’ and ‘Tobacco Wrappers’: two new poems by Alan Morrison

10 October 2022 / 333

Borrowed Rainbows For Niall McDevitt (above), poet and republican22/02/1967 – 29/09/2022 The day Elizabeth Windsor passedA double rainbow was visibleArcing over Buckingham Palace—Supposedly a benevolent omenOf transformation,... Continue reading

Alan Morrison

Poetry

Whit Pelé said tae Ali

9 October 2022 / 397

Whit Pelé said tae Ali by Jim Aitken Ach, big man, Ah’m fair chuffedtae see ye so Ah am. Ah’ve luvedthe wey ye deal wi the mediya... Continue reading

Jim Aitken

Poetry

Refugee

22 September 2022 / 317

Refugee Eftir Edwin Muir by Jim Mainland A’m fled trow laand, owre sea, smoored laand an sea, my hame a blüdied knock-soe, a rönnie o stanes, an... Continue reading

Jim Mainland

Poetry

Igh Sheriff o Merthyr

19 September 2022 / 340

Igh Sheriff o Merthyr by Mike Jenkins Ee wuz off of is trolley,shoutin in-a middle o Penderyn Squarelike ee woz a Town Crier. Ee ad all the... Continue reading

Mike Jenkins

Poetry

Militant

16 September 2022 / 291

Militant by John Short If he surrendered nowhow would he fill the void?Never the kind to retireround glittering pools,world injustice keeps himpermanently afloat. I chanced upon him... Continue reading

John Short

Poetry

Biscuit Factory

16 September 2022 / 285

Biscuit Factory by John Short This expanse of sprawling madnessand disinfected squalorfor a product no one really needs. The thunderous megalomaniaof machinery means action,dismissing tinnitus as collateral.Sad... Continue reading

John Short

Poetry

rue

13 September 2022 / 318

rue by Fran Lock, with image above by kennardphillips after the acrostic Floral Tribute, by Simon Armitage heave, between the balms and banes, the hoods, the wryts, the... Continue reading

Fran Lock