by Helen Ivory | May 8, 2020 | Featured, Poetry
On the Dangers of Re-entry on my long list is the “borderline” thing— it is said that there are few male versions of the species (my experiences in group therapy can attest to this) maybe most are locked up— a fate I’m not sure how I managed to...
by Kate Birch | May 7, 2020 | Featured, News
When the pandemic movie is your own reality. It is not surprising that most of the poems on our shortlist for April 2020’s Pick of the Month hover on the edge of dystopia. Is it Sam Wilson-Fletcher’s ‘Blue’ that colours your world or what is...
by Helen Ivory | May 7, 2020 | Featured, Poetry
from The Woman in an Imaginary Painting Do not stretch your imagination so far the world flattens. Do not stray farther than your promise reaches. State only your belief about true matters. Light is light — don’t stretch it. Color is...
by Helen Ivory | May 6, 2020 | Featured, Poetry
Nika is the pen name of retired educator Dr. Jim Force. His haiku and haiga have been widely published in print and online journals and anthologies.
by Helen Ivory | May 5, 2020 | Featured, Poetry
Daylight and Dust The real horror is a body like an empty glass slowly forgetting itself – trying to remember how to hold anything but daylight and dust. This is how men are taught to feel pain, learn which parts are allowed to break whilst they...
