by Helen Ivory | Oct 31, 2018 | 2018 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry
Witch Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford A witch was bottled, and stoppered with wax in this ribbed and silvered scent-bottle. The hand-written ticket does not explain how she was captured, but says an old lady warned: if you let her out there’ll be a...
by Helen Ivory | Oct 27, 2018 | 2018 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry
The Slip This is the bay Where you walked into The sea. Today We bring a dog, Collared in a blue Silk bow, to get some air. I see you out there, A silver kite, trailing Seagulls. Almost waving. Nicholas McGaughey is an actor....
by Helen Ivory | Oct 24, 2018 | 2018 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry
Obit. (After César Vallejo) i will die in london in the neighbourhood i grew up in outside the town hall on the high street. i will have been stabbed and my killer will look just like me so no-one will look for him. my body will remain dead...
by Kate Birch | Oct 15, 2018 | 2018 poetry picks
Our Pick of the Month poem for September 2018 could only have been written in the 21st century and the depth, wit and brilliance of Amy Kean’s ‘I put make-up on for the Deliveroo driver’ resonated with many voters Amy is an author and...
by Helen Ivory | Oct 2, 2018 | 2018 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry
Accidental Yesterday I forgot you entirely ‒ well almost. I forgot how you died at least, and today I realise I might have, in error, sliced the roots of the rose you love, and in the low-setting sun can almost forgive myself. But not quite. I...
by Kate Birch | Sep 18, 2018 | 2018 poetry picks
Maryam Gatawa, a young poet from northern Nigeria, is our Pick of the Month for August 2018 with many voters being stunned by her ‘uplifting’ ‘deep’ ‘reflective’ and ‘inspiring’ poem ‘…And tell the stars’....
