The Poem by Niels Hav, translated by Heather Spears Don’t you put the poemin a headlock – You are under arrest! The poem won’t obey orders. The... Continue reading
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Britain in 2021after Shelley’s ‘England in 1819’ by Rip Bulkeley An old, bad, foolish and decaying state,Riddled with racism from empire’s core;Maltreated refugees, war’s graduates,Drowning to reach... Continue reading
Tidings by David Betteridge For Ken Robson, shepherd, of Stanhope Farm in Tweeddale, with whom the author worked two lambing seasons, in 1964 and 1965. In his... Continue reading
Near-Neebours by Jim Mainland See yun whit’s-is-name,Jacob Rees Morgue?Weel, him.Wha does he pit dee a mind o?Lang face, sleekit doon hair?Stick a toothbrush tache on da upper... Continue reading
[Herd Immunity] by J. P. Seabright containment camps keep us safe protect from wind rain assets corrugated hangar small pens metal... Continue reading
they want all our teeth to be theirs by Martin Hayes they want from us total commitmentthey want from us our blood and our hungerthey want from... Continue reading
the power to by Antoniy T. Georgiev The sight of the lone delivery guyWith his duct-taped scooter And his overused, single use surgical face maskStill trying to... Continue reading
How I Mistook the World for a Cow by Cathy Dreyer It’s true. I thought the world was a large cow.I used to drain her bulgy dugs... Continue reading
One of Ireland’s foremost Irish language poets and scholars, Máire Mhac an tSaoi, died aged 99, on 16 October. Her fellow poet Louis de Paor said of... Continue reading
The Rising in Merthyr Tydfil in June 1831, led by ironstone miners and puddlers under a flag bathed in calves’ blood, was a notable event in the... Continue reading
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