The Guest by Clare Phillips-Barton

The GuestTeeth exposed,rivulets of saliva making their way towards her neck.A ventriloquists’ dummy,poised in a silent scream.Joints, and muscles groaning under inhuman manipulation,and His seductive whisper, stop fighting me, stop thinking, just let it...

New prose poem by Andrea Porter

Group of Three Magic Stones by Barbara Hepworth 1973 (Kettles Yard Cambridge)The retired nurse finally found one at seventy on the beach at Wells. It has the silver tongue and flatness of the Aussie pilot’s vowels. He had accepted her virginity in the war without a...

New poetry by Elaine Speakman

My favorite place that I have never been…I've never been to South Africa,But I know how the sunset arcs To meet the savana grasses In the same hues of rust and gold. I know how the sky is furred Silver with stars at nightAnd how the rainbow Of flowers on the...

The Dancer by Maureen Weldon

THE DANCERI am tired,my brain hangs loose,locked in my rucksack.This is the hour for the owl to fly,to hoot to winking moonthrough clouds of mist.This is night,the quiet time ..Because I am on my own,while night-clubs chokewith laughter,and the girl in white throws...