Some ekphrasis from Sarah Salway

by | Jun 27, 2011 | Prose & Poetry

Seeds    (after Palm Sunday, Anselm Keifer)Deep in the root ball of the shipthe plant collector is making a nest.He counts his catch, tucks each seedin its own hand-labeled box, ebonycabinet ticking with paused hearts.He dreams one day of growinga fresh...

Thomas Orszag-Land's 'Lion Tamer'

by | Jun 26, 2011 | Prose & Poetry

The Lion TamerBeyond the bars, the circus crowd sits paleto watch the beasts perform the tricks they loathe – They hope that I, their tamer, may just fail.But with my whip I will control them both.I have outfaced the adulating crowdand I have learned to ride the...

Heath Corlew's 'Love & Unemployment'

by | Jun 24, 2011 | Prose & Poetry

Love & UnemploymentI want to be sointertwined with youthat our limbs wrap about one another⎯and spread⎯defiantly,like kudzu.Consuming and smothering all those perfectly practical reasonsthat keep you⎯ separate⎯from me.Like…the atlantic ocean, your boyfriend,...

Text art from Ira Lightman

by | Jun 22, 2011 | Prose & Poetry, Word & Image

*Ira Lightman makes public art in the North East, and lately Willenhall and Southampton. He devises visual poetry forms and then asks local communities to supply words that will bring them alive. He is a regular on BBC Radio 3’s The Verb. Duetcetera (Shearsman,...