Staring Back by Manash Firaq Bhattarcharjee The eye you see is notan eye because you see it;it is an eye because it sees you.~ Antonio Machado, ‘Proverbs... Continue reading
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John Ellison discusses Alexander Blok’s great poem The Twelve, and its links to the Russian Revolution. I came fresh, utterly fresh, to the most famous poem by... Continue reading
Alan Morrison introduces his latest poetry collection, and calls for submissions for his latest anthology of political poetry. After seven years of what might be termed the... Continue reading
Andy Croft reports on his recent visit to Basra, for the Al-Marbed international poetry festival. I have never seen so many people at a poetry festival before... Continue reading
A COVERLETOF GREEN by David Betteridge The bare and barren treecan be made green again…– Antonio Gramsci ¶ A boy cried.His bedside cup,brimful with milkbefore he slept,... Continue reading
Like Mother by Nadia Drews Settle down, bottom set, poor concentration, what do you expect?Failed tests, predictable results, staying behindred linesLife viewed through windows in the sticks... Continue reading
as if they are normal folk by Jane Burn Shops. Imagine them wanting shops. Wanting to buy stuff as if they are normal folk. Wanting to be... Continue reading
To mark the 80th anniversary of the start of the Spanish Civil War, and in memory of the British and Irish International Brigaders who wrote poems and... Continue reading
‘the bravest of the brave’ by Fran Lock We will never again – in any future conflict – let those activist, left-wing human rights lawyers harangue and... Continue reading
Andy Croft reminds us of the radicalism of the early Dadaist movement. A hundred years after the Cabaret Voltaire first opened its doors in Zurich, it is... Continue reading
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