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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

The Day and The Hour

7 September 2022 / 341

The Day and The Hour by David Betteridge One: What distinguishes the worst of architects from the bestof bees is this: that the architects raise their structuresin... Continue reading

David Betteridge

Poetry

The climate, capitalism and poetic resistance

4 September 2022 / 327

As I started planning this column the temperature outside was 35 °C, and the surrounding fields like tinder. I had been in Cambridgeshire less than a week.... Continue reading

Fran Lock

Poetry

Yrevals

23 August 2022 / 275

Yrevals by JP Seabright Bodies rise from the bottom of the sea.It’s a miracle! some cry, a baptismalblessing, a daring rescue. Sanctuaryfound for these bleached bones.Limbs are... Continue reading

JP Seabright

Poetry

Lock Me Up!

6 August 2022 / 293

Lock Me Up by Mike Jenkins Lock me up , Rishi Sunak!I have committed a thought -crime,I am a modern Winston Smith,I call myself Mihangel Morgannwg. Rip... Continue reading

Mike Jenkins

Poetry

Love and Politics: a tanka

31 July 2022 / 333

Love and Politics: a tanka (Japanese extended haiku-like verse-form: 31 syllables in all; lines of 5, 7, 5, 7, 7 syllables, rhyming ababb) 1 (Love-Poet) Love is... Continue reading

Chris Norris

Poetry

Jean Valjean stole that loaf of bread for all of us

30 July 2022 / 312

Jean Valjean stole that loaf of bread for all of us by Fred Voss These machinists or welders or overhead crane operatorswho voted for Trumpand wave huge... Continue reading

Fred Voss

Poetry

Vigil

28 July 2022 / 265

Vigil by Lya Vollering When we heard in 2021 about the plans of this government to turn the notorious youth prison in Medomsley, Co. Durham (1800 young... Continue reading

Lya Vollering

Poetry

Please Be Advised

21 July 2022 / 306

Please Be Advised by Helen Bovaird Ryan I’d just like to start this morning by welcoming you one and allTo this wonderful institution Our government, many thanks... Continue reading

Helen Bovaird Ryan

Poetry

Crossing Troubled Waters: A review of Jim Aitken’s ‘Declarations of Love’

4 July 2022 / 356

What I like about Jim Aitken’s poems is the way they can surprise us by travelling at speed from A to B, and sometimes a lot further.... Continue reading

David Betteridge

Poetry

Apocryphal Idols

30 June 2022 / 335

Apocryphal Idols by Cheryl Vail, with image above by Martin Gollan Liberty’s a goddess yet how can she embody her name when she isn’t permitted to be ... Continue reading

Cheryl Vail