by Kate Birch | Mar 8, 2024 | Video
Seaglass, Flint and Jasper Never doing things by half, or in order, seaglass for the colour of her eyes, flint for the man who builds furniture to fit her poetry, they ran to catch the last bit of sunlight at low tide. She shouted look, her dappled hands...
by Kate Birch | Dec 27, 2023 | Twelve Days of Christmas, Video
The Moth Poem The Moth Poem She sees the little lost one everywhere, eyes on the dead moths curled on her windowsill. I see what was: rosy maple moths like Batternbergs on her fingertips, A weaver’s wave moth in the countryside the day she broke down and...
by Kayleigh Jayshree | Dec 21, 2023 | Twelve Days of Christmas, Video
When Joe Went Out Late to shut away the poultry after weeks of rain he knew where the pony was by the sound of its hooves sucking in the mud.Foxes still kill in downpours. Maybe they keep closer to the bones of the hedge or loiter below hollies, but...
by Kate Birch | Sep 16, 2023 | Video
Golden Hour Over great absences speckled with birds wings, a spell is lifted – dusk like a recited dance. Routine splashes gold on chimneys and paves cobblestones with colour. Breath hangs between footfalls in gasps. Stacked houses watch through...
by Kate Birch | Aug 14, 2023 | Video
Surprise by Mariam Varsimashvili Open the rock. There, by the river where a streak of blood is so thin it cannot be alarming. Split the rock in half and you will find cooked ham, bubbling white fat and a small piece of me. There, by your milky feet are certain...
by Kate Birch | Jul 15, 2023 | Video
From Maps of the Abandoned City, published by SurVision. This Video was published on IS&T to launch our revamped web site in January 2021. It had originally been featured on Roger Foyster’s YouTube Channel in May 2020. Helen...