Commons image By Fran Lock wanhope day in dover. want and bruiseof hope. in black. their unity is funeral,a shirt reworked. this frugal dirge theyknead and grease... Continue reading
Image by Fran Lock By Fran Lock u are the most north. the smooth,unmotivated night, where it rollsover us. poor houses, quarantinedinside of want. unset resin, yellowrain.... Continue reading
Who was Mary Magdalene? A repentant prostitute who ended her days as a desert contemplative? The secret wife of Jesus? An evangelist and prophet? An apostle, a... Continue reading
by Fran Lock content warning: working-class girlhood.…and so, into every little life, the washed animal emerges. a girl. something wet and receptive, lowered through form. out of... Continue reading
‘Workers’, by Peter Kennard “Class War, Not Culture Wars!” I’ve heard this phrase – or variations on the general theme – doing the rounds a lot lately.... Continue reading
by Fran Lock, with commons image above / wait for it./ spring to come, reconstitute the stubborn world./ our bodies, tailored to containment./ fault-line forcing an afternoon./... Continue reading
In the title essay from her book Civil Wars (1985) June Jordan writes that ‘In the context of tragedy all polite behaviour is a form of self-denial.’... Continue reading
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