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Featured Poetry/Prose of the Day

James Norcliffe

Sarsaparilla Road
travels through swamps
and reeds, over a black
water creek and a narrow bridge

David Hanlon

Not in that parking lot,
not in that residential area,
not in that blue car
splashed with mud.

Mana Misaghi

we make sure to pack a deck of cards for the train, or a sunday afternoon visit to the park. the cards will give our hands something tangible to do . . .

Taḋg Paul

An algorithm guides me through the keys
Each stanza nested in a formal loop

Mat Riches

Hey kid, this won’t mean that much to you yet,
but I didn’t taste my first proper curry
till at least twenty-one . . .

Previously featured

Jim Murdoch

I didn’t know what to do with all my dad’s love
so, I minded it for him fully intending to give it back one day.

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Finola Scott

Such a knife, a real Et Tu Brute number. Bone handled, incisive. Decades of marriage
had whetted the blade to feather lean. Anniversaries marked in metal.

read more

Recent Prose

Paul Goodman

They approach in hungry morning light, treading the path to the ridge and the row of giant’s teeth grown crooked with the ages

Neil Weiner

Chad, an aspiring author, sank into his easy chair and drifted into a
reverie.

Stephanie Aspin on ‘Why Words Help’ for Mental Health Awareness Week

Writing is both a way of making life more liveable and of making ourselves more whole. Words have a being-ness: when we write poetry, we tap into a network of resonances.

Cheryl Snell

I am all hair, glittering with diamond-glass. A forehead streaked with blood, rubies and roses crisscrossing the tangerine flaps of a ripped collar.

Recent Haiku

Diane Webster

lightning flashes
everyone stands
still

Chen-ou Liu on International Haiku Poetry Day

end-of-day catch
our wicker basket full
of salmon sunset

Deborah Karl-Brandt

With every book I sell, with every piece of clothing I give away . . .

Clare Bryden

how do I begin?

R.C. Thomas

The Universe dreamed I’d come to its restaurant. I needed to pass the time before my train home.

News

Word & Image

S. Niroshini

S. Niroshini

IRATTAM: A THEORY OF RED   Irattam is a short excerpt from a longer practise-based work in progress mediating on...

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Filmpoems

Sarah James/Leavesley

Sarah James/Leavesley

There is a secret spot
in every town and city –
step in the right place
at the right time and pace
and the world disappears…

read more

Featured Poetry/Prose of the Day

James Norcliffe

Sarsaparilla Road
travels through swamps
and reeds, over a black
water creek and a narrow bridge

David Hanlon

Not in that parking lot,
not in that residential area,
not in that blue car
splashed with mud.

Mana Misaghi

we make sure to pack a deck of cards for the train, or a sunday afternoon visit to the park. the cards will give our hands something tangible to do . . .

Taḋg Paul

An algorithm guides me through the keys
Each stanza nested in a formal loop

Mat Riches

Hey kid, this won’t mean that much to you yet,
but I didn’t taste my first proper curry
till at least twenty-one . . .

News

Word & Image

S. Niroshini

S. Niroshini

IRATTAM: A THEORY OF RED   Irattam is a short excerpt from a longer practise-based work in progress mediating on...

read more

Filmpoems

Sarah James/Leavesley

Sarah James/Leavesley

There is a secret spot
in every town and city –
step in the right place
at the right time and pace
and the world disappears…

read more

Previously featured

Jim Murdoch

I didn’t know what to do with all my dad’s love
so, I minded it for him fully intending to give it back one day.

read more

Finola Scott

Such a knife, a real Et Tu Brute number. Bone handled, incisive. Decades of marriage
had whetted the blade to feather lean. Anniversaries marked in metal.

read more

Recent Prose

Paul Goodman

They approach in hungry morning light, treading the path to the ridge and the row of giant’s teeth grown crooked with the ages

Neil Weiner

Chad, an aspiring author, sank into his easy chair and drifted into a
reverie.

Stephanie Aspin on ‘Why Words Help’ for Mental Health Awareness Week

Writing is both a way of making life more liveable and of making ourselves more whole. Words have a being-ness: when we write poetry, we tap into a network of resonances.

Cheryl Snell

I am all hair, glittering with diamond-glass. A forehead streaked with blood, rubies and roses crisscrossing the tangerine flaps of a ripped collar.

Recent Haiku

Diane Webster

lightning flashes
everyone stands
still

Chen-ou Liu on International Haiku Poetry Day

end-of-day catch
our wicker basket full
of salmon sunset

Deborah Karl-Brandt

With every book I sell, with every piece of clothing I give away . . .

Clare Bryden

how do I begin?

R.C. Thomas

The Universe dreamed I’d come to its restaurant. I needed to pass the time before my train home.

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