by Steve Pottinger, with image above by Fran Lock only that each tank will beat itself into a thousand ploughshares and snipers, dead-eyed, precise... Continue reading
Photo: Marcus and his brother Jahziah by Nick Moss History repeats, ploughs on unceasing, Another dying man, another father, Brother, friend shot dead . Cold, Christmas-crisp air... Continue reading
by Sam Friedman, illustrated with commons images Love at the Workplace My stomach knots with hatred of bosses’ sneers; my tears transmute to spittle in defiance, eyes... 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
by Fred Voss, with image above by Ehsan Ganji The machinist on the machine in the corner of the machine shop does not talk in love with... Continue reading
By Vivian Eden RE: the poem of 19 December 2024, “Our Lady of Palestine” (https://www.culturematters.org.uk/our-lady-of-palestine/) Dear Gabriel R., I rarely reply to people I don’t know but... Continue reading
Our Lady of Palestine a bilingual poem by Gabriel Rosenstock, with image above by Banksy Mary, pray for massacred infants Mary, pray for infants still alive Mary,... Continue reading
by Owen Gallagher, with image above by Martin Gollan We answered the Government’s call to keep the profit flag flying, the currency stable, happy to... 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