The three poems below are from a sequence of poems inspired by The Spanish Civil War and The International Brigade, which Bob Beagrie been working on for... Continue reading
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Plantation Yard to Council Flat by Jenny Mitchell Once there was a slaving house battered by the sun, rays like golden fists, blood oozing through the floors,... Continue reading
Poetry/ Filíocht is a bilingual poem by Gabriel Rosenstock in response to the latest conflict in the Middle East Poetry perhaps rabbi Nachman could give me advice... Continue reading
Business Meeting October 2023 by Edward Mackinnon The blood-red carpet’s been rolled out againfor the salesman with formidable armsand a mouth like the barrel of a gunwho... Continue reading
To those who seek nemesis in my name by Janet Sillett you do not do this in my nameyou do not use my nameyou do not speak... Continue reading
Black Hair by Jenny Mitchell Entering the gallery, you’ll see it in a case, dark strands gathered close, size of a fist,taken from a Negroid head. Long-denigrated... Continue reading
Eyeless by Ruth Aylett They bombed other people’s housesin Gaza, fish-in-a-barrelso we sold them some more bombs agreed that those others were terroristsso the world was probably... Continue reading
Worlds apart by John Short Sabadell, Catalonia In the streets and parksWest Africans drag hijacked shopping carts, collecting scrap to be conjured into cash. Trinket sellers press... Continue reading
Ukraine is a bilingual poem in Irish and English by Gabriel Rosenstock, inspired by Nie Wieder Krieg (Never Again War) by Karl Wiener (see above, Public Domain... Continue reading
Culture Matters is proud to commemorate Black History Month 2023 and mark National Poetry Day with the first of four new poems by the award-winning writer Jenny... Continue reading
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