Loneliness is a gun – Todd Swift’s The Ministry of Emergency Situations: Selected Poems
Loneliness is a gun The loudest silence in your day dying to meet you The cassettes my dad collected with …
Tag Archives: 2014
Devil’s Haircut: Carmina Masoliver’s Nasty Little Intro #8
Sainsbury’s can sell your daughter a beautician’s outfit but not a lab coat and stethoscope. Although I’d always known that …
Theatre of Blood – Chris McCabe’s Speculatrix
Oxford’s Golden Cross is a Pizza Express now but the interior decor points to its Tudor pedigree. Outside, the square …
I fought the law – Colette Bryce’s The Whole & Rain-domed Universe
Standing in front of an officer of the law wearing nothing but pants is a sobering experience and, even when …
When I am laid in earth – Kevin Powers’ Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting
The infantryman’s spade is a symbol of his relationship with the earth. Our eyes are drawn to the assault rifle but he …
I am a Bird Now – Liz Berry’s Black Country
Gormley’s Angel of the North feels like a guardian. Angels were not always sanitized cuties, flitting about on Tinkerbell wings. Exodus offers …
Urban Hymns – Joseph Horgan’s & Antony Owen’s The Year I Loved England
BEFORE THE RAIN CAME Our ring road is a forced marriage of IKEA sky once held together by medieval beams. …
Counting the Stars: Richard Osmond’s Variant Air
Curtal sonnet on the curtal sonnet In crystal, snowflakes, frost, a tight-furled sunflower’s spiral of hulls, a floret of broccoli’s …
Find the River – Tom Chivers’ Flood Drain
Oxford’s Donnington Bridge had a witty voice. As the university’s boat clubs fought for supremacy, they’d paint its arches, often with …
My bloody valentine – Richard Osmond’s Shill
I’ll not succumb to the radiation emanating from the cultural Chernobyl that is Disneyland Paris just because I’m a parent. …
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