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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

A great struggle to set something free: Ox poems

9 March 2021 / 312

Martin Hayes presents 5 poems from Ox, his new collection. All images by Gustavius Payne Ox trust the oxen bought tickets to the annual oxen versus goats football... Continue reading

Martin Hayes

Poetry

The Apple Tree

27 February 2021 / 310

The Apple Tree by Alan Sleater, with image by Steev Burgess Early in Autumn, our first crop of apples,Plentiful, but small and bitter to eatEmerged from the... Continue reading

Alan Sleater

Poetry

To William and Psychogeography In The Year The World Shrank

15 February 2021 / 299

To William by Caroline Ritchie, image above is from Jerusalem by William Blake Inventing things that don’t work is a brilliant thing, you know. – William Lyttle.... Continue reading

Caroline Ritchie

Poetry

Secular Icon

14 February 2021 / 449

Secular Icon by Tom Hubbard They heard that he was ‘something in the City’And wore nice suits. The ideal son-in-law.The thought that he could lord it quite... Continue reading

Tom Hubbard

Poetry

John Keats: Revolutionary Romantic

11 February 2021 / 321

Jenny Farrell marks the 200th anniversary of Keats’s death. The image above is of Keats on his deathbed, by his friend Joseph Severn G. B. Shaw stated... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

School Trip

24 January 2021 / 277

School Trip by Ceinwen Haydon, with image by Steev Burgess Mam can I go please can I go please all my friends are another note from school ... Continue reading

Ceinwen Haydon

Poetry

Two poems

18 January 2021 / 291

The Count by Caroline Maldonado First imagine Self in a shut room the curtainpulled tight When he comes for you again your heart like a... Continue reading

Caroline Maldonado

Poetry

Blooding

13 January 2021 / 300

Blooding by Rebecca Lowe ‘After the first, it becomes easier,’The cold, wild-eyed stare of the deer,A crazy fish-eye lens looking backwardsthrough terror – you shiver,You are only... Continue reading

Rebecca Lowe

Cheap flights, cheap hands, cheap lives

13 January 2021 / 253

Cheap flights, cheap hands, cheap lives by Antoniy T. Georgiev They pour into the WestCheap flights, cheap hands, cheap livesThey wear the paint of the oppressorsYet share... Continue reading

Antoniy T. Georgiev

Poetry

The Masks of Anarchy

11 January 2021 / 316

The Masks of Anarchy by Barry Smith The song of the Thames-side boatmenAs they sail the ship of stateRings out across the choppy watersWhile the winds of... Continue reading

Barry Smith