Grief is a rough skinned gourd, with a course rind of ember green and a soft flesh fruit centre. And when this growth erupts inside your chest you are a heavy globe of roasted heart that swells and writhes and thumps against your ribs, until you don’t know whether to carve your innards out and … Continue reading Grief by Hannah Davies
Month: October 2017
Film by Beth Ripper
We're absolutely delighted to feature this 'one-shot filmpoem' by Beth Ripper, who has followed the instructions given on our previous tutorial blog. Please do have a go yourself, and send in your work! Beth lives in the wild west of Cumbria with her husband, Tim, and two silly dogs, Pip and Mae. She’s a keen … Continue reading Film by Beth Ripper
I’m Not Changing My Name by Maggie McKay
I’m Not Changing my Name because it is me my baggage, foibles, self because I love the misspellings because I will be "ambitious", "pert" and "forward". because my life began at birth because I am not first a wife Maggie Mackay, a Scot and recent Manchester Metropolitan University MA Poetry graduate, … Continue reading I’m Not Changing My Name by Maggie McKay
A brief pause
Hello everyone! There will be now be a short pause in our steady stream of poems whilst yours truly is on holiday - but this is the right time to send us some more poems and stories to consider for publication in October. Remember, we like a sense of story. If you check our previous … Continue reading A brief pause
Celebrating Change 