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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

‘Green and Pleasant Land’ and ‘Algorithms of Rage’

18 August 2024 / 355

Green and Pleasant Land by Peter Devonald Beauty is now just shattered glass glistening, reflecting blood drenched red moons sighing,smashed dreams of a once happy and pleasant... Continue reading

Peter Devonald

Poetry

Citius. Altius. Fortius. Summer ’24

16 August 2024 / 350

Citius. Altius. Fortius. Summer ’24 by Arran Potts This is the kick. After a dirty racefought with elbows andspikes dragged through skin.Masked flags and anthemscoached into your... Continue reading

Arran Potts

Poetry

Rioter

16 August 2024 / 314

Rioter by Claudia Court He arrives on scene with just a pinch of resentment a teaspoon of fight swirling in his heart stirred by his belief that... Continue reading

Claudia Court

Poetry

The Immigrant In The Room – And On The Street

14 August 2024 / 348

The Immigrant In The Room – And On The Street by David Erdos It seems quiet here now, and yet Uxbridge neighbours Hounslow,As do other strained suburbs... Continue reading

David Erdos

Poetry

May/Oral

14 August 2024 / 311

May/Oral by Jo Colley Put on a hi-viz jacket, and you could be anyone, here in sprawling Teesside hinterlands: aspirational, Houchened, overlooked, with only ourselves to think... Continue reading

Jo Colley

Poetry

Swimming in a Fishbowl of Piranhas

2 August 2024 / 314

Swimming in a fishbowl of piranhas by Sam Friedman There is not a lot of poetryin a job from 9 to 5and this tiny rhythmic remnantlives in... Continue reading

Sam Friedman

Poetry

What Rough Beast? A REVISED Callout for Poetry and Artworks about Donald Trump, Trumpism, the USA and the world

26 July 2024 / 368

Image above: Jose Guadalupe Posada’s Gran Calavera Eléctrica BELOW IS THE REVISED CALLOUT: PLEASE NOTE NEW GUIDELINES AND NEW DEADLINE OF 10 OCTOBER 2024 Donald Trump has already... Continue reading

Culture Matters

Poetry

Drowning in Berlin

25 July 2024 / 340

I was recently in Berlin for the first time. I was invited for the 25th annual Poesiefestival. I was nervous. As the last of my circle to... Continue reading

Fran Lock

Poetry

The Seeds We Plant Will Grow: ‘Sapling and Wood’ by David Betteridge

18 July 2024 / 335

Jim Aitken introduces Sapling and Wood by David Betteridge, available here A sapling, as we know, is a young tree. If this young tree manages to grow... Continue reading

Jim Aitken

Poetry

A Golden Shovel, from Shakespeare’s Henry VI Part 2

11 July 2024 / 356

A Golden Shovel, from Shakespeare’s Henry VI Part 2 Written Upon the Green Party Winning Four Seats by Julian Bishop A musk rose budding, rosette for a... Continue reading

Julian Bishop