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

Bread and Roses Poetry Award 2023 - the winners!
Thursday, 26 October 2023 12:23

Bread and Roses Poetry Award 2023 - the winners!

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The five winners of this year's Award are: Michael Lowkain, Jenny Mitchell, Ian Parks, Ross Walsh and Rob Walton. £100 will wing its wandering way to their worthy workers' wallets, and we'll produce the printed anthology by the end of November. That will include the winning poems plus poems by…
Outlook
Wednesday, 25 October 2023 16:04

Outlook

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Outlook by Steven Taylor Mainly cloudyA chance of rainDusty. GrubbyRubble mostlyDeath expected Britain Could send umbrellasBut they preferProviding weaponsTo the killers (with instructionsto be careful, obviously) The sound of weepingWailing is distressingFor our viewers
Poetry / Filíocht
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Saturday, 21 October 2023 21:50

Poetry / Filíocht

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Poetry/ Filíocht is a bilingual poem by Gabriel Rosenstock in response to the latest conflict in the Middle East Poetry perhaps rabbi Nachman could give me advice but how can I find him among so many ashes Zbigniew Herbert I have strained my eyeslooking at headlinespored over in-depth analysis –who…
Business Meeting
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Friday, 20 October 2023 13:06

Business Meeting

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Business Meeting October 2023 by Edward Mackinnon The blood-red carpet's been rolled out againfor the salesman with formidable armsand a mouth like the barrel of a gunwho knows only too well the source of all terrorin the depths of his atrophied heart His government will wait a hundred yearsbefore getting…
Another Vote for Sunak!
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Monday, 16 October 2023 13:44

Another Vote for Sunak!

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Another Vote for Sunak! by Christopher Norris, with image above by John Greenfield Me, I’m your typical swing voter – The only thing I care about’s my car.Just keep your hands off me and my old motorElse you’ll find out how narky us lot are. That Sunak, he won’t screw…
When Braverman quotes Shelley
Saturday, 14 October 2023 12:56

When Braverman quotes Shelley

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When Braverman quotes Shelley by Paul Francis Our setting is celestial bliss.“Hey, Percy, have a look at this.”He thinks the angel’s having a laugh –she offers him the Telegraph.“The Tory Party Conference? No.”For Shelley, he won’t stoop that lowbut she’s insisting that he needsto see this. So he sits and…
Gaza burns
Tuesday, 10 October 2023 10:32

Eyeless

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Eyeless by Ruth Aylett They bombed other people’s housesin Gaza, fish-in-a-barrelso we sold them some more bombs agreed that those others were terroristsso the world was probably better off without themagreed that the planes had done everything possibleto avoid civilian casualtiesand sold them some more bombs agreed that they had…
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