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Featured Poetry/Prose of the Day

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

Joe Wright

three sheep and a sharp wind, behind
which I feel involvement start
to tug.

Clara-Læïla Laudette

I’m six days late
and this is known as a
delinquent period.

Jan Swann

You seem very far from home
and who would after all choose a grit pocked
pavement to languish on

Gwen Sayers

Clouds spit on the coffin,
wring oily rags, splash
a woman, her violin
cased in sunken purple.

Previously featured

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

Welcome Sofía Masondo, our New Editing Intern

Welcome Sofía Masondo, our New Editing Intern

Sofía Masondo is a poet and theatre-maker of Argentine heritage based in London. Her work often explores themes of connection and disconnection between people, place and culture, taking inspiration across different art forms and from an intercultural upbringing.

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Word & Image

Giulio R.M. Maffii

Giulio R.M. Maffii

1 There is one wondering what he will do he asks himself after passing a sliding door the bus stop in the rush hour in...

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Filmpoems

Kayleigh Jayshree

Kayleigh Jayshree

The Moth Poem

She sees the little lost one everywhere,
eyes on the dead moths curled on her windowsill…

read more

Featured Poetry/Prose of the Day

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

Joe Wright

three sheep and a sharp wind, behind
which I feel involvement start
to tug.

Clara-Læïla Laudette

I’m six days late
and this is known as a
delinquent period.

Jan Swann

You seem very far from home
and who would after all choose a grit pocked
pavement to languish on

Gwen Sayers

Clouds spit on the coffin,
wring oily rags, splash
a woman, her violin
cased in sunken purple.

News

Welcome Sofía Masondo, our New Editing Intern

Welcome Sofía Masondo, our New Editing Intern

Sofía Masondo is a poet and theatre-maker of Argentine heritage based in London. Her work often explores themes of connection and disconnection between people, place and culture, taking inspiration across different art forms and from an intercultural upbringing.

read more

Word & Image

Giulio R.M. Maffii

Giulio R.M. Maffii

1 There is one wondering what he will do he asks himself after passing a sliding door the bus stop in the rush hour in...

read more

Filmpoems

Kayleigh Jayshree

Kayleigh Jayshree

The Moth Poem

She sees the little lost one everywhere,
eyes on the dead moths curled on her windowsill…

read more

Previously featured

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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