by Sairah Ahsan | Jan 27, 2026 | Filmpoems
Brian Johnstone (1950-2021), was one of the founders of Scotland’s International Poetry Festival, StAnza and directed the festival over its first decade. He also founded Shore Poets in Edinburgh. Brian’s work was published around the world, and included four...
by Sairah Ahsan | Jan 14, 2026 | Featured, Filmpoems
Valentia Light Lesley Curwen is a poet and broadcaster from Plymouth who often writes about coercive control. She won the Molecules Unlimited prize and was a finalist in the Wales Poetry Award. Her poems have been nominated for Forward and Pushcart...
by Sairah Ahsan | Dec 25, 2025 | Filmpoems, Twelve Days of Christmas
cw: flickering images Melon Moon for Idris, my light One winter I remember he looked up and said: ‘the moon is a melon.’ We’d made a telescope out of used loo roll to look for Father Christmas. The Oak Moon on that longest night hung high over Green Horse...
by Sairah Ahsan | Dec 21, 2025 | Filmpoems, Twelve Days of Christmas
When it used to snow wild and bottomless dad would take us sledging on the hills behind our house, we’d ride the sleeping-slopes of / round-back / giants, flushed with fever-thrill and when he capsized we / lurched / collided with a crunch. One year we...
by Sairah Ahsan | Dec 5, 2025 | Filmpoems
ONE DAY One day, one day We will sit on that bench under the lights Overlooking the river which you sweetly think is the sea One day, one day You will drown I will drown One day, one day I will drown you You will drown me In happiness In smiling nuts In...
by Kate Birch | Sep 18, 2025 | Filmpoems
Byte When it comes to technology, I’m no savvy geek I’d choose a book over a kindle any day of the week, So imagine, my phone decides it won’t work anymore, I have no choice, but to visit the Apple Store. I’m greeted by Adam ‘How can Apple help...
