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

Rise of the Right Wing
Friday, 08 November 2024 13:07

Rise of the Right Wing

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Rise of the Right Wing by Gabriel Rosenstock, with image above by Peeter Allik Men wake up(do they?)look in the mirrorbleary eyedask themselves(in various languages)what happened?cough up a little phlegmis this a dreama nightmare?people are shouting again on the streetswhat's going on?how did this happen?what did I doto nip things…
What Three Words
Thursday, 07 November 2024 15:30

What Three Words

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What Three Words by Marilyn Longstaff A clever app pinpointing a precise location,useful, simple, when it works: if you understand,if there’s a decent signal. what3wordssaw we oldies lost in deepest Suffolk. Had to relyon chancing upon a passer-bywho knew where we were going. What damage can be done by just…
destroying angel
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Wednesday, 06 November 2024 15:40

destroying angel

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destroying angel by Fran Lock this delicate supremacist, our cipher. tonightunder the fractioned moon, we wait. we arewaiting. for the angel, rankly warriored outof soft ground. or the long, expectant trenchof the year. an angel, yes, the melting stenchof him. how the mouth is swollen with moistpique, and the spade…
Farewell to Smokestack Books
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Wednesday, 06 November 2024 10:56

Farewell to Smokestack Books

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John Green talks to Andy Croft about the achievements of Smokestack Books, in an article from the Morning Star Poetry is the most democratic form of literary expression — it only takes a pencil, a scrap of paper and/or a voice to create a poem of a few lines or…
When the Council owns the building you live in
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Wednesday, 06 November 2024 09:10

When the Council owns the building you live in

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When the Council owns the building you live in by Jennifer Johnson When the Council owns the building you live inyou may find that the front is detaching itself from the back,the underpinning needed too expensive for that Council.You may find that large cracks are continually monitoredbut the delays in…
The Policy Unit, Westminster
Sunday, 27 October 2024 09:41

The Policy Unit, Westminster

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The Policy Unit, Westminster by Martin Hayes the Prime Minister has told his ministersthat they need to find outwho it waswho while coming up in the lift with the potential new donors said‘here we go againup to Mickey Mouse land’and who when questioned by the potential new donors as to…
Cover image: Rise Up My Pretties
Thursday, 24 October 2024 15:18

What Rough Beast

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In the summer of 2024, Culture Matters put out a call for poetry and artwork related to Donald Trump and Trumpism. Taking the title from WB Yeats’ ‘Second Coming’, the resulting anthology explores the havoc that a second term would unleash on the US and the wider world. With unjust…
Black History Month: Holding the Fort
Wednesday, 23 October 2024 13:19

Black History Month: Holding the Fort

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Holding the Fort by Mark Cassidy In April 1802, African slave soldiers took over the Fort Shirley garrison (on the Cabrits peninsula of Dominica) for three days in protest over conditions there and for fear of being sent to work in the canefields. Their action resulted in all slave soldiers…
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