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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

What is History, Discuss?

26 December 2021 / 378

What is History, Discuss? “History is and was and so is that patch/ of pavement” begins ‘What is History, Discuss?’, the poem that opens Whatsname Street (Smokestack... Continue reading

Fran Lock

Poetry

Nadir: Poems about migrant children

26 December 2021 / 313

3 poems from ‘Nadir’ by Laura Fusco translated by Caroline Maldonado: The following poems are taken from a forthcoming collection, Nadir by Laura Fusco, the sequel to... Continue reading

Caroline Maldonado

Poetry

Sex on Toast

23 December 2021 / 327

Alun Rees reviews Sex on Toast, Selected Poems by Tôpher Mills (Parthian, £10) What to say of this astonishment of a book? How to encapsulate it in... Continue reading

Alun Rees

Poetry

Thomas Kinsella, 4 May 1928 – 22 December 2021

22 December 2021 / 345

Thomas Kinsella has died, aged 93. He must be counted among the great Irish poets of the 20th and 21st centuries. He was very involved in uncovering... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

Keeping an eye on those in power

20 December 2021 / 274

The Poem by Niels Hav, translated by Heather Spears Don’t you put the poemin a headlock – You are under arrest! The poem won’t obey orders. The... Continue reading

Niels Hav

Poetry

Britain in 2021after Shelley’s ‘England in 1819’ by Rip Bulkeley An old, bad, foolish and decaying state,Riddled with racism from empire’s core;Maltreated refugees, war’s graduates,Drowning to reach... Continue reading

Rip Bulkeley

Poetry

Tidings

17 December 2021 / 305

Tidings by David Betteridge For Ken Robson, shepherd, of Stanhope Farm in Tweeddale, with whom the author worked two lambing seasons, in 1964 and 1965. In his... Continue reading

David Betteridge

Poetry

Near-Neebours

10 December 2021 / 310

Near-Neebours by Jim Mainland See yun whit’s-is-name,Jacob Rees Morgue?Weel, him.Wha does he pit dee a mind o?Lang face, sleekit doon hair?Stick a toothbrush tache on da upper... Continue reading

Jim Mainland

Poetry

[Herd Immunity]

4 December 2021 / 324

[Herd Immunity] by J. P. Seabright containment camps keep us safe protect from wind rain assets corrugated hangar small pens metal... Continue reading

JP Seabright

Poetry

they want all our teeth to be theirs

20 November 2021 / 295

they want all our teeth to be theirs by Martin Hayes they want from us total commitmentthey want from us our blood and our hungerthey want from... Continue reading

Martin Hayes