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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

Our common humanity: Robert Burns and For A’ That

1 January 2018 / 298

Jenny Farrell discusses the focus on our common humanity in Robert Burns’s For A’ That, and the way it foretells the ‘programme which will govern the world... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

Patrick Kavanagh

30 November 2017 / 301

On the 50th anniversary of Patrick Kavanagh’s death, Jenny Farrell draws out some of the political meanings of Patrick Kavanagh’s poem Epic. The Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

universal credit

17 November 2017 / 427

universal credit by Fran Lock statues wake, and yawning, scrapethe birdshit from their tongues. londondrags a dirty nail across her fibroid lungs. the hoodies and the halfwits... Continue reading

Fran Lock

Poetry

A Double Act

17 November 2017 / 285

A Double Act by S. O. Fasrus ‘But what I learned later in life, too late, is that when you have power over another person, asking them... Continue reading

S O Fasrus

Poetry

Muses and Bruises

11 October 2017 / 306

Culture Matters has published a brilliant new collection of poetry called Muses and Bruises by Fran Lock, an activist, writer and illustrator, and one of the finest... Continue reading

Fran Lock

Poetry

National Poetry Day: Vignettes of Working Class Exhaustion

27 September 2017 / 314

Vignettes of Working Class Exhaustion by Fran Lock Malkin Sacred, not wise, the black cat’s acidcasualty stare, traversing a crumblingcul-de-sac, under a starlessly inkjet sky.We cross each... Continue reading

Fran Lock

Poetry

Plagiarism and the Privatisation of Poetry

12 September 2017 / 395

The Guardian recently ran an article on plagiarism in poetry by Will Storr. Andy Croft, author of two very widely read and influential articles on Culture Matters, The Privatisation of Poetry and Poetry Belongs to... Continue reading

Andy Croft

Poetry

The Trouble with Monsters

2 September 2017 / 350

The Trouble with Monsters by Chris Norris Quick way with monsters: send a hero outFor mortal combat: sometimes he’ll prevailAnd kill the beast, while other times he’ll... Continue reading

Chris Norris

Poetry

More than ‘Rise like lions’: Shelley beyond The Mask of Anarchy

26 July 2017 / 528

Mike Sanders writes about Shelley ‘the Chartist poet’ as a catalyst for working class creativity, how he envisioned a communist society, and how the privileged classes refused... Continue reading

Mike Sanders

Poetry

A worker reads and asks questions

25 June 2017 / 359

The recent election results showed a stunning level of support for Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party’s anti-austerity policies. Working people are clearly starting to ask more... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

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Page 46

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.

Our common humanity: Robert Burns and For A’ That

Patrick Kavanagh

universal credit

A Double Act

Muses and Bruises

National Poetry Day: Vignettes of Working Class Exhaustion

Plagiarism and the Privatisation of Poetry

The Trouble with Monsters

More than ‘Rise like lions’: Shelley beyond The Mask of Anarchy

A worker reads and asks questions

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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.

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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.