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

May Day poem: That's A Moron
Monday, 01 May 2023 12:57

May Day poem: That's A Moron

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That's A Moron (after Harry Warren & Jack Brooks) by Martin Rowson When he peddles his views each night on GB NewsThat's a moronWhen he rants without fail every day in The MailThat's a moronThen he flogs to Spectator Blogs 80 words on "wogs"And other shit colonicAnd they pay, hip-hip-hip-hooray,…
May Day poem: The Promise of the Year
Monday, 01 May 2023 12:42

May Day poem: The Promise of the Year

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The Promise of the Year Poem below by David Betteridge, poster above by Walter Crane May Day: the day when the promise of the year reproaches the waste inseparable from the society of inequality... - WILLIAM MORRIS Come greet the dawn and stand beside us.We'll live together or we'll die…
May Day Poem: We Have Everything to Breathe For!
Monday, 01 May 2023 10:53

May Day Poem: We Have Everything to Breathe For!

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We Have Everything to Breathe For! by Owen Gallagher, with image above by Nick Efford Right now, workers have stopped sewing jeansin a sweatshop in East Londonand are stitching a picket linearound the factory's throat,lighting a brazier and writing placards:'Honk, if you support a living wage!' Beep! Beep! Beep! go…
May Day poem: Looking For My Brother
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Sunday, 30 April 2023 15:31

May Day poem: Looking For My Brother

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Looking For My Brother by Fred Voss When I stepped into the steel mill the first time it felt goodto holdonto the handles of the cutting torch machinethe steel sparkerI squeezed between my thumb and fingers to make the sparkto light the torchthe knobs on the red tank of gas…
Coronation poem: When the New King Came
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Saturday, 29 April 2023 15:23

Coronation poem: When the New King Came

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When the New King Came by Mike Jenkins, with image by Steve Bell When the new king came to the DiffThere were many lining the streetsWaving their Union JacksReady to take mobile snaps :Waiting, waiting, waiting. Others who sang and heckled -Glyndwr, Yes Cymru banners and placards;The purple-headed girl with…
Conscripted
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Thursday, 27 April 2023 18:20

Conscripted

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Conscripted by David Betteridge Being human means throwing your life entirelyon the scales of destiny, while rejoicing in every sunny day and every beautiful cloud... - Rosa Luxemburg Sleeping is hard, with the mind so troubled;also hard is staying awake when fear exhausts us and tests us on a sharp…
Zoom launch of Machine / Language by Martin Hayes, with Fred Voss
Wednesday, 19 April 2023 10:28

Zoom launch of Machine / Language by Martin Hayes, with Fred Voss

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Culture Matters is proud to introduce the third long-anticipated collection in their new series of digital poetry pamphlets: Machine / Language by Martin Hayes. The book is available free to download (below) and is also available from This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. as a print-on-demand hard copy. We celebrated with a virtual reading at…
A bilingual tribute to Queen Camilla
Monday, 17 April 2023 09:40

A bilingual tribute to Queen Camilla

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Gabriel Rosenstock's bilingual tribute to Queen Camilla has moved millions of her ardent followers: Ar chuala tú trácht ar Chamillab'í gile na gile í - na gile! do chruaidh sí gach slat bhí go dtí sin gan atcé gur fhéach sí ar nós sean-sinsile There was a fine queen called…
Dante's Purgatorio
Friday, 14 April 2023 08:39

Sculptor

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Sculptor by Tom Hubbard They who had chiselled the names and the datesOn the angled and sunken stonesHad themselves died long ago. They sharedThe worn anonymity: memorialisedAnd memorialisers alike. So now, the living,Gathered at the gates, the awkwardly present,Barely hearing a new voice in their souls,Uncertain, wary, inarticulate. There were…
Someday There Will Be Machine Shops Full Of Roses
Tuesday, 11 April 2023 09:30

Someday There Will Be Machine Shops Full Of Roses

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Nick Moss reviews Fred Voss's latest book of poetry, available here There is a curiously valedictory tone to some of Fred Voss’s writing here. In fact “valedictory” doesn’t come close to it – I’m dancing round the issue. Some of these poems sound beaten, distressed, as if he’s had the…
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