Feeling guilty?

by | Jun 9, 2008 | Prose & Poetry

Guilt just before sleep –picture it –stabbing something to black. a needle –pressed between –tongue and palate.• Marguerite O'Callaghan is a 25 year-old writer who recently moved to Norwich from Cork and is just finishing a Diploma in Creative Writing at...

Martina Thomson's Ferryboats – reviewed by Ken Head

by | Jun 7, 2008 | Reviews

Ferryboatsby Martina ThomsonHearing Eye Publications, 2008, Pamphlet Series No. 54 www.torriano.orgISBN:  978-1-905082-36-0, £3.00, 32ppReviewed by Ken HeadThe publication reading for this volume of twenty-nine poems took place at the Torriano Meeting House in...

Football's coming home

by | Jun 6, 2008 | Prose & Poetry

With the Euro 2008 football (or soccer for our American readers) about to get underway, what better than a football poem by Gwilym Williams…Just over the bar? On the box and the bottletheir words are like the words of poets– more powerful though less...

Introducing Miss Thailand

by | Jun 5, 2008 | Prose & Poetry

Miss ThailandHe’s in love with anotherwho’s hot and spicyand bears ripe mangofor him to tasteHer water embraces his tanned bodyher palms give him shadewhen he laps her coconut milkIn her he’s got the freedomto roam and be richEvery 90 days he leaves herto cross the...