by Elontra Hall | Oct 8, 2025 | Featured, Poetry
The Headteacher Counts Down to the School Firework Display for BB 10 Children dart in the dark, screamers streaming sweets and neon, their parents 9 huddling, clutching wholesale beers sold for a profit by the PTA 8 So many...
by Elontra Hall | Oct 7, 2025 | Featured, Poetry
Summer Days Those hot hot summer days. Hair curling against sticky clammy foreheads. Pony tails, pig tails or braids. Keep it off our neck and backs. Sometimes we’d skinny dip in the middle of the afternoon. Having a glorious time being mermaids,...
by Helen Ivory | Oct 6, 2025 | Featured, Poetry
Telephone Piece 電話 ピース (after Music of the Mind, Tate Modern) Hello it’s Yoko Yoko desu Hello it’s Yoko Yoko desu Hello it’s Yoko Yoko desu Purchase an old-fashioned telephone Place your tongue in a number hole Taste the dust...
by Helen Ivory | Oct 5, 2025 | Featured, Poetry
Jesus Spends Some Time at the Circus Freak Show He feels at home with the others. None of them cast stones. All of them grow flowers. Jesus climbs the few steps to the pool, pauses on the edge, looking down. This time it’s just for his friends. He...
by Helen Ivory | Oct 4, 2025 | Featured, Poetry
We Play Rock-Paper-Scissors Every evening at the care home, I pull in two armchairs til they’re facing. Opposites, we never fist bump, high-five or touch each other’s vying outstretched fingers. The dictionary says this ancient game has many...
by Helen Ivory | Oct 3, 2025 | Featured, Poetry
Gayathiri Kamalakanthan is a Tamil poet and producer.Their play Period Parrrty will open at Soho Theatre later this year. Their debut novel-in-verse, Bad Queer, is forthcoming with Faber. gayathiri.co.uk, @unembarrassable. ...
