by Kate Birch | May 19, 2017 | 2017 poetry picks, Blogs & News
More than 250 of you voted – a record for us – leading to a sprint finish that saw ‘Cross Country’ by David Subacchi as our Pick of the Month for April 2017. This fine poem struck a nostalgic nerve with many of you although it was 50/50...
by Helen Ivory | May 10, 2017 | 2017 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry
The Beach Dead sand trickles between my naked toes. Crushed winter light befuddles borders, obscures the pier, unsettles the breakwater; ships labour under dubious cargoes. Swimmers and surfers, those gritty heroes of the shallows, have deserted, children,...
by Helen Ivory | May 9, 2017 | 2017 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry
The New Mother found poem from Every Woman’s Doctor Book If your figure is not as trim as before make yourself a brassiere from a 45 inch length of towelling. Most mothers whose figures are loose will be much improved by wearing a good corset belt. If there...
by Helen Ivory | May 7, 2017 | 2017 poetry picks, Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
Your location Round the corner I hear you coming I hear you coming round the corner of the barn I arrange my arms and legs I hear around the corner of the barn the gravel’s tough back teeth working doggedly on splintering a bone I spin up a cloud of smoke to be...
by Helen Ivory | Apr 27, 2017 | 2017 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry
Cross Country A reluctant concession For those of insufficient bulk Or violent disposition To take part in the awful Battle of blood and mud Laughingly referred to As a game. Unsupervised Our route wound Far away from The killing fields Past gasworks And...
by Helen Ivory | Apr 19, 2017 | 2017 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry
Seamless Ever since I remodelled my sister’s hair they’ve hidden scissors, pen knives, sometimes needles in a locked room. The key’s hidden under a stone somewhere in the nettled-yard. I recognise its glint, slip it in my shirt pocket, squeeze it in my...
