Poetry

Mia Prince-Kelly

Nov 241 min read

Lamenter’s Lament

We are wanting in the dark lights, all hunched, All live, writing in our book With a tethered sigh And wanting a rest, but loving...

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Aleyna Petts

Nov 16, 20231 min read

Mind, Body and Soul

My mind, a landfill that chokes on sorrow, crafts a noose out of a bespoke eclipse; chews pain, reluctant to spit or swallow, for either...

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Owen Thomas Webb

Apr 14, 20234 min read

The Four Ages

The Age of Discord The refugee’s home is my home But it only became my home when the refugee thanked me for it This is the Age of...

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Cristina Rizzo

Mar 31, 20233 min read

In the Smoking Area, Bisexual, Long Distance (I)

In the Smoking Area Cristina Rizzo “You ok?” He scares me. His voice is hugged by the cushioned music from inside the club. My ears feel...

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Hermione Byron

Mar 23, 20231 min read

Be The Moon

To be the moon is what he wanted me to be. round serene A face...

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Lauren Galligan

Mar 18, 20231 min read

Nan's garden

At the bottom of the garden the little girl plays. It is spring and the sun is warm in this spot, Filtered through the gaps in the blue...

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Tala M.L. Davidson

Mar 16, 20233 min read

Nothing Beautiful & Something Beautiful

Nothing Beautiful There is nothing beautiful to say by it, About it, there is nothing gold. The source of my heart, and yet The black...

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Isobel Salt

Mar 7, 20232 min read

LED Laser beams of Love and Protection, Transporting, A tree.

LED Laser beams of Love and Protection. Ah, I see. I fear You’re Becoming Ungrateful. That’s not how You repay my love. Try, ‘yes!...

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Grace Baird

Feb 8, 20232 min read

The Auld Ways, Maukit Tongue

The Auld Ways There’s mair value than yous could ever imagine in the auld ways. And they're crumbling awa Gui tricky to catch, But ye’ve...

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Hermione Byron

Jan 28, 20231 min read

Thirst

I like to plant seeds in the barren lands of the Sierra, where I walk with a bucket and watch the shining eyes of the buckles on my...

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Alistair Kevan

Dec 22, 20221 min read

Move better

Your petrol powered boast is trumped by the muscle moved machine, its mechanical cleverness is humble and sporting. It does not growl nor...

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Hermione Byron

Dec 1, 20221 min read

Bud

I can't bear to throw out the dead flowers: When I dropped the bunch in the compost this morning, the one still alive fell from the group...

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Flora Leask

Oct 28, 20221 min read

the egg

a horse rolls its eyes in me nervous whites reflecting windows held ajar by splintered blocks eyelash trembling tempting my hunger...

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Julián Camilo Corzo Ochoa

Oct 25, 20221 min read

Casas de nación (Houses of nation)

Casas de nación Casa de palabras: mátame. Casa de imágenes: acógeme. En este mundo de casa y casas, ¿dónde quedó la casa de aquél? ¿Qué...

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Kailasha Wagemans

Sep 28, 20221 min read

2 Poems

A poem— even with the prettiest words i couldn’t describe you the way you should be. Feeling Blue— I want words to come out of my mouth...

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Priya Basra

Sep 14, 20221 min read

Breakfast at Nine & If I saw her with the ginger man I'd remember

Breakfast at Nine Saliva dominates, Her salt washed skin brushes the beads of bubbles Glistening between my hairs, She moans — the type...

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Hermione Byron

Jul 9, 20221 min read

Portrait in Pain

Portrait paintings were Frida Kahlo's pain-things. Her labours of love hang as trophies of control and mocking devotion: desperate...

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Carlotta Riechmann

May 22, 20221 min read

Starfishing

Ah, a day to myself. This morning, I spread To the sides of my bed With fingers and toes Like a starfish. I made pancakes, just three:...

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Natasha Hemraze

Mar 21, 20221 min read

Identity.

Fragility Is Not knowing Who I am. I don’t know who I am. I don’t know where the cement was mixed and Who formed the Bricks That were...

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Devki Panchmatia

Mar 16, 20221 min read

The School Orchard & Hieroglyphic Tablet from the Drought

THE SCHOOL ORCHARD In 1897, eighty clergy orphans moved into this school building. They sat on these grounds in September, surrounded by...

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