New poetry by David McLean

revenge of the hollow menhere we lean our headpiece against sweet oblivionand worship this dreamless kingdomwhere our eyes are closed against night'sloveless skyand morning's boringly dawning sunmourning the columns love erectedagainst our traced daysthe...

Two new haiga by Shanna

• Shanna Baldwin Moore is a teacher, poet and musician based on the Kona Coast of Hawaii, she describes her interests as wine making, painting and singing. She adds “I'm an old beat poet and have just found this form (haiga) in the last two years and am...

Letting go by A.D. Winans

This is one of those poems that makes me go “Damn, I wish I could write like that” by our favourite Beat Generation survivor A.D. Winans…LETTING GOYou were Harpo Marx without a harpYou were Sally Rand without your burlesque fanYou were a slow funeral...