By Chris Norris Three billion up the spout, no less.That’s what it’ll cost the NHSTo fund this deal you’d have us blessSince you’ve the UK tabloid pressSafe... Continue reading
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The book is available here Jim Aitken reviews Alan Morrison’s latest book, starting with a comparison between the two main characters in the book and two other... Continue reading
Commons image of Yasser Abu Shabab By Nick Moss War generates inevitablyA quisling soup of gore and cashA huckster slimeThat seeps across each well-drawnHard-foughtLine. A Haw-Haw, a... Continue reading
By Chris Norris Spare us a thought, us ‘terrorists’ still stuckIn this god-awful gaol while those who’ve sentUs down look on and can’t believe their luckAs nobbled... Continue reading
By Jim Aitken Aye, they maun think we’re aw daftcomin’ up here in his kilt an’ tweedjaiket, swannin’ aroun’ as if he ownsthe place. Ah spose he... Continue reading
Image courtesy of King’s College, London by Mike Jenkins Snothin t do with me,Sall blydi overseas,Theyer all Arabs, Muslims anyway. Ow about puttin ower people first,Ow about... Continue reading
There’s been a powerful poetic reaction to the genocidal acts by Israel in Gaza. Under the most difficult of circumstances, poets in Gaza have recorded their sense... Continue reading
Edited by Alistair Findlay, Morning Star, £12.50, available here By Andy Croft Poetry is in the news a lot these days. We have recently been subjected to celebrity... Continue reading
By Christopher Norris for Tony Harrison, 1937-2025 In an unbroken continuity from the Renaissance to 1900 and beyond, a poem within the metrical tradition identifies itself .... Continue reading
The book is available here By Nick Moss This will be an all-too-brief introduction to a powerful new poetic voice, and to the Jawbone Collective. The latter... Continue reading
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