by Helen Ivory | Feb 2, 2026 | Featured, Flash Fiction, Prose
Unnatural Migration When Mom flew off with the Canada geese you made me promise that we would never leave one another. Ever. I wanted to protect you, even though you were an irritating baby sister who I had to bribe with candy and pop, so I could hang...
by Kate Birch | Feb 1, 2026 | News, Picks of the Month
A very striking and thought provoking piece of work. An evocative poem, powerful, visceral; a poem striking in its metaphors and nuances, with a strong sense of place – Plymouth and its Barbican area – and both past and present. (Two days after the poem was submitted...
by Helen Ivory | Feb 1, 2026 | Featured, Poetry
Flock In the charity shop I try on a coat flocked with fake shearling, shaved-soft almost: fibres fired onto plastic to fool the wrist. At home I snap it. A dust of fur lifts, hangs, then drifts onto the draining board, the bulb, the bruised...
