Invisible by Pamela Thomas Cheryl’s dog died yesterday, scruffy thing. He made it to fifteen But no-one asked how she was. They never do. So no-one knows... Continue reading
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Jenny Farrell introduces Maeve Cavanagh and presents one of her poems. Last Easter, we published some poems written by three leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising in... Continue reading
In May 2020 the award-winning cartoonist Martin Rowson set himself the challenge of writing a Lockdown Diary in verse. The result is Plague Songs, a unique cycle of... Continue reading
No Money in the Bank by Samantha Mansi No money in the bank. But how will we pay our bills? No money.The computer algorithmmessed up again. Why... Continue reading
Meeting the Irish, 1972Connemara by Edward Boyne We were hoovered-up off the known streetsby revving buses nervous in The Coombe,rushed at speed, through drowsy posh estates.It was... Continue reading
Whose Son Next? (i.m. Trayvon Martin 26th February 2012) by The Incident A boy’s walking back to his dad’s girlfriend’s place in Sanford, Floridawith a pack of Skittles,... Continue reading
Martin Hayes presents 5 poems from Ox, his new collection. All images by Gustavius Payne Ox trust the oxen bought tickets to the annual oxen versus goats football... Continue reading
The Apple Tree by Alan Sleater, with image by Steev Burgess Early in Autumn, our first crop of apples,Plentiful, but small and bitter to eatEmerged from the... Continue reading
To William by Caroline Ritchie, image above is from Jerusalem by William Blake Inventing things that don’t work is a brilliant thing, you know. – William Lyttle.... Continue reading
Secular Icon by Tom Hubbard They heard that he was ‘something in the City’And wore nice suits. The ideal son-in-law.The thought that he could lord it quite... Continue reading
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