New podcast by Byron Beynon

by | Dec 5, 2008 | Word & Image

Here's our latest poetry podcast recording, courtesy of PoetCasting.co.uk. The poem – Mrs Davies, Verdun – is by Byron Beynon. Beynon is from Carmarthenshire but has lived and worked in London, Cardiff, Norway, France and Australia. Since 1999 he has worked as a...

Two new poems by Mandy Pannett

by | Dec 5, 2008 | Prose & Poetry

THE MEDUSA EFFECTSeduced by our past we root beneath cliffs for track-ways and traces, fossilised dung.Mostly intact with ink-sac in placeThis was a squid long ago.Even soft inner parts turn into stone.X rays show fibres are white.An exhibit incised from its zone in...

Billy Collins animation: Budapest

by | Dec 4, 2008 | Word & Image

* Here's another Billy Collins' animation. It's not that we're obsessed by him (although he does write exceptional poetry) but rather that he also seems to inspire exceptional animations. This one – to accompany his poem Budapest – is also by Julian...

Casey Quinn has the perfect neighbor

by | Dec 4, 2008 | Prose & Poetry

my neighbor my neighboristhe perfectneighbor. she runsthe neighborhood watch. her yardis always mowed,her flowersare always in bloom. she greets everyonewith a smile. she sitson her porch andknows everythingthat goes on. she walks her...