Fiona Sinclair reviews Angela France's 'Occupation'

Occupation by Angela France.  Ragged Raven Poetry,  2009  ISBN: ISBN 978 0 9552552 6 7: £7In Occupation, Angela France creates a rich parallel world peopled by extraordinary individuals. The collection is threaded with magical references to mystical...

Hannah Walker on brain mathematics and the am/pm shift

Like a light bulb

Her long term memory is a bit of lead piping,
one that you can protractor along to the point,
to the pivot of the day shifting from am to pm. 

She dreams she swims underwater saying things,
but likes looking down a smarties tube and seeing
the lawn...

Joanna Weston remembers the taste of a stamp

THE TASTE OF A STAMPwaiting at an airportfor a friend’s arrivalI lean over a postcardat a café tableand write ‘Happy birthday’the taste of the stampthe pressure of my thumbon fixing a small coloured rectanglethese are more vividthan this morning’s coffeethe moment is...