Benjamin Buchholz is watching for bombs

by | Nov 5, 2008 | Prose & Poetry

Fuse Shift leader picked up a curbside stone. It did not explode. Shift leader picked up an MRE heater, tossed from the convoy. It did not explode. Shift leader picked up a prayer rug with the penitent pilgrim's chain rusted by platelet, forgotten; why? It did not...

Daniel Hickey's been stealing garlic

by | Nov 4, 2008 | Prose & Poetry

I robbed a bulb of garlic from Tesco I robbed a bulb of garlic from TescoTodayTo remember what it feels like to steal somethingTo take somethingNot freely given.Cause it used to feel like a small act of rebellionAgainst the corporationsBut noIt didn’t feel like...

Nick Allen is worried about asteroids

by | Nov 3, 2008 | Prose & Poetry

ExtinctionNo one is there to see them, for they lie far beyond the orbit of Mars. Fifty thousand asteroids tumbling and jostling in the blackness of space. Unobserved.They have done so for nearly 5 billion years, answerable to no one, obeying nought but the laws of...

New podcast by The Joy of Six

by | Nov 2, 2008 | Word & Image

Here's our latest poetry podcast recording, courtesy of PoetCasting.co.uk. The poem – Package – is by The Joy is Six, a collective of published and prize-winning poets based in England who collaborate and perform at events throughout the UK. The tracks is taken...