by Kate Birch | Jun 4, 2022 | Word & Image
Forgotten journey of the enslaved Tasia Graham © Reclamations by Momtaza Mehri No longer child No longer Monday’s firstborn No longer carrying the day’s exultations No longer embraced by broad-leaved belt of forest No longer at the lush edge of the edge...
by Kate Birch | May 21, 2022 | News
Poem for Grant my body is no place to be stuck in (Grant Tarbard: A Rosary of Ghosts) Each time you went away, you brought back news – how it was to look down at yourself – perfect accounts of the soul’s own grief. When you left for the last time your body was...
by Kate Birch | May 9, 2022 | News, Picks of the Month
The poem is so inspiring and makes me feel empowered As another voter put it: ‘This poem takes you by surprise…’ The title points you in one direction and then you follow it through to a completely different destination. It is for this reason, then,...
by Kate Birch | May 1, 2022 | News
A Step-By-Step Guide To Saving The British Dream First, remove all chocolate, leaving only a legally approved Dream bar. Separate the blood and sweat of children from the wealth generated by those satanic mills Look past industrialised...
by Kate Birch | Apr 14, 2022 | News, Picks of the Month
It is spare, subtle and profound. These words that really do sum up Hiram Larew’s superb poem ‘Hardly’ and are an illustration of why it has been voted as the Pick of the Month for March 2022. Voters read his poem again and again to gauge the meaning behind his subtle...
