Poetry

Poetry

It goes on one at a time,
it starts when you care to act,
it starts when you do it again after they said no,
it starts when you say we and know who you mean,
and each day you mean one more.

Marge Piercy

STRIKE by Sarah Wimbush
Saturday, 16 March 2024 10:52

STRIKE by Sarah Wimbush

Written by
in Poetry
While in the belly of Englandthe strike to end all strikes erupts. Whether Churchill or Göring said it first, the adage goes that history is written by the victors. And yet certain dates that denote calamitous defeat remain and will not go gently, even though what actually took place and…
By any other name
Thursday, 14 March 2024 19:47

By any other name

Written by
in Poetry
By any other name by Stuart McFarlane Now the school of semantics is fully enrolled, we begin to believe the lies we’re being sold. ‘Proportional response’, ‘Collateral damage’. ‘It’s a situation we feel we can manage’. Politicians, as ever, so sensible, queue up to defend the indefensible. The Israelis freely…
PREVENT
Thursday, 14 March 2024 08:32

PREVENT

Written by
in Poetry
PREVENT by Nick Moss, with cartoon above by Martin Gollan “They promote ideologies that go against our shared values; that encourage intolerance.” - PREVENT guidance “...in recent months we’ve seen an unacceptable rise in extremist activity, which is seeking to divide our society and hijack our democratic institutions” - Downing…
Callout: The Bread and Roses Poetry Award 2024
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Tuesday, 27 February 2024 15:05

Callout: The Bread and Roses Poetry Award 2024

in Poetry
Written by
We are very pleased to announce that thanks to support from Unison (Newcastle City Centre branch), and Newcastle Trades Union Council, the eighth Bread and Roses Poetry Award is now open until the end of August for entries. Our mission is to promote cultural democracy in all the arts and…
Bucephalus on a B Road
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Tuesday, 27 February 2024 14:50

Bucephalus on a B Road

in Poetry
Written by
Below is a fine new poem by Jane Burn. But first, an advert! Not for the purposes of making a profit, but in order to promote cultural democracy. Jane is running a series of free - yes, free - creative writing workshops at the Baltic Centre in Gateshead, see here.…
Shared anger
Saturday, 24 February 2024 15:45

Shared anger

Written by
in Poetry
Shared Anger by Alan McCormick ice through their veins,a slab holding form,despite the friction,the heat from outside, ruling with fists,starving with favours,silencing the herd,who die to speak, bloodletting on tap,hearts drip dried, dissing the truth,with viral overloads, too much screen time,ranting scream time, your touch that held,now fallen aside, time…
Miss Una Marson Speaks
Tuesday, 20 February 2024 17:09

Miss Una Marson Speaks

Written by
in Poetry
Miss Una Marson Speaks by Jenny Mitchell Call me glutton as I gorged on every English word – a book-mad child in Santa Cruz, Jamaica – my first and only love the far-off Mother Country, high-toned language on my tongue to sound as good as her. At ten, when father…
Page 1 of 38