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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

Shelley’s poetry: an integral part of the culture of the labour movement

26 June 2022 / 303

Shelley was born shortly after the French Revolution, heir to a substantial estate and also to a seat in Parliament, on 4 August 1792 in Sussex, England.... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

queeny land / ’er indoors

10 June 2022 / 303

queeny land / ’er indoors by Fran Lock i coined us a country. ’er indoors is a branked scold crowned at the kirk, hands in the hingedpillory... Continue reading

Fran Lock

Poetry

Levelling Up

8 June 2022 / 311

Levelling Up by Jenny Mitchell, with image by Martin Gollan They will not show this on the evening news – our mother kneeling down at Number Ten... Continue reading

Jenny Mitchell

Poetry

The Holding Pen

8 June 2022 / 309

The Holding Pen by Rita Ann Higgins When did we becomeso filled with anxiety and fearat the prospect of a holiday in the sunor a visit to... Continue reading

Rita Ann Higgins

Poetry

Britishness

3 June 2022 / 359

Britishness, or A Riposte To The Platinum Jubilee by Jim Aitken B – Backwardness, best exemplified by BrexitR – Royalty, the pinnacle of a class-ridden societyI –... Continue reading

Jim Aitken

Poetry

Poetry against the monarchy

26 May 2022 / 339

Fran Lock presents four poems which capture the oddity and the horror of living in a country without class solidarity and where we are encouraged to accept a... Continue reading

Fran Lock

Poetry

Gaza

25 May 2022 / 739

Gaza: two haiku in Irish and English by Gabriel Rosenstock in response to street artworkby Banksy. abair, cá bhfuil sé?an clós súgarthain Gaza where . . .... Continue reading

Gabriel Rosenstock

Poetry

From A Distance

12 May 2022 / 316

Laura Taylor

Poetry

Culture for All: Why Poetry Matters

10 May 2022 / 374

As part of the Culture for All series, supported by the Communication Workers Union, we’re proud to present Fran Lock talking about poetry. Image above: Rag Town Girls Do... Continue reading

Culture Matters

Poetry

Gwrthryfel / Uprising: An anthology of radical poetry from contemporary Wales

6 May 2022 / 297

Gwrthryfel / Uprising takes us on a journey to the heart of Cymru. Edited by Merthyr writer Mike Jenkins, co-editor of ‘Red Poets’ magazine, with artwork by... Continue reading

Culture Matters

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Page 24

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.

Shelley’s poetry: an integral part of the culture of the labour movement

queeny land / ’er indoors

Levelling Up

The Holding Pen

Britishness

Poetry against the monarchy

Gaza

From A Distance

Culture for All: Why Poetry Matters

Gwrthryfel / Uprising: An anthology of radical poetry from contemporary Wales

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Page 24

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.

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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.