POETRY

POETRY

Edited by Catherine Skipper

Poetry

‘I Saw a Duck’

Jo Tracy -
I saw a brown duck …
Poetry

Locust

Celia Berrell -
Try reading Locust by Joel O’Connor slowly and silently to yourself ...
Poetry

‘Has there ever been delight?’ 

Catherine Skipper -
Has there ever been delight? She smiled then sighed ...
Poetry

‘Venus’ 

Axiomsense -
Every glance you cast becomes a small devotion to beauty ...
Culture

‘Do Not Fear’

Andrew Collis -
Try looking like a poet, do not fear ...
Culture

‘Meditation #9’

Andrew Collis -
Start ...
Culture

‘My Shield, My Sister’

Amanda Griffiths -
The world outside was cruel, unsafe, and loud ...
Poetry

‘Rock Star’ 

Axiomsense -
I wanted to be a rock star ...
Poetry

‘My Brother’s Birthday’

Rosalind Flatman -
The card read …
Culture

‘Meditation #8’

Andrew Collis -
Do you know ...
Culture

‘Meditation #7’

Andrew Collis -
A mud-brick studio ...
Poetry

‘Who knows?’

Yvonne Hocothee -
Life ladles pain in heaping spoonfuls ...
Poetry

‘rock star’ 

Catherine Skipper -
entangled ...
Culture

‘Meditation #10’

Andrew Collis -
The Man in Black ...
Culture

‘April’ 

Catherine Skipper -
slim silvery fingers of light ...
Poetry

‘Eviction’

Rosalind Flatman -
Upheaval transforms, looming wave of change …
Culture

‘My mother, no other …’

Amanda Griffiths -
A long time ago when my life was little ...
Culture

‘Meditation #6’

Andrew Collis -
Stop ...
Poetry

‘Meditation #5’

Andrew Collis -
Your hand ...
Culture

‘In Orange’

Anne Camac -
In Orange, the greens are turning into red ...
Poetry

‘Trust the Light (In the Darkness)’

Andrew Collis -
Trust the light ...
Poetry

‘Terza Rima About a Terza Rima (That Knows It’s a Terza Rima)’ 

Axiomsense -
I tried to write a terza rima rhyme ...
Poetry

‘Fortune’s Whims’

Yvonne Hocothee -
Drowsing in the languid summery air ...
Culture

‘try to go quietly into that darker state’ 

Catherine Skipper -
try to go quietly into that darker state ...
Culture

‘Hot Cross Buns’

Amanda Griffiths -
Hot cross buns are extremely nutritious ...
Culture

‘The Secret Life of Ordinary Objects’ 

Axiomsense -
When I leave the room the furniture gossips ...
Culture

‘Stolen’

Rosalind Flatman -
Torn from the sky …
Culture

‘the soap dish’s lament’ 

Catherine Skipper -
my ...
Culture

‘Meditation #4’

Andrew Collis -
Pray ...
Culture

‘Meditation #3’

Andrew Collis -
Love ...
Culture

‘diamonds’ 

Catherine Skipper -
diamonds ...
Culture

‘Free Speech’

Anne Camac -
Now ...
Culture

‘Taxi’ 

Axiomsense -
Late ...
Culture

‘Meditation #2’

Andrew Collis -
Like the kestrel swerves ...
Culture

‘water’ 

Catherine Skipper -
water ...
Culture

‘Friday’

Anne Camac -
Bourke ...
Culture

‘If It Is As You Say’

Jo Tracy -
If …
Culture

‘Flight’ 

Axiomsense -
Gate ...
Culture

‘Meditation #1’

Andrew Collis -
Sun – ...
Culture

‘Answers’

Yvonne Hocothee -
when ...
Culture

‘Ethereal’

Rosalind Flatman -
Look …
Culture

‘Paperclip’ 

Catherine Skipper -
Don't want your documents to give you the slip? ...
Culture

‘Anachronism’

Rosalind Flatman -
Turn back the clock and lie to me …
Culture

‘Happiness’

Andrew Collis -
Dragon on a bark-brown bough ...
Culture

‘To Pick A Lock’ 

Axiomsense -
I scour my office in quiet dismay ...
Culture

‘Ode to the Paperclip’

Axiomsense -
A twist of wire, a modest arc ...
Poetry

‘Lost Time’

Rosalind Flatman -
Dew melts on the mountainside …
Poetry

‘litany’ 

Catherine Skipper -
I’ve lived a long time ...
Poetry

‘Change can feel strange’

Jo Tracy -
Not the same as I once was …
Poetry

‘Change’ 

Alison Bleyerveen -
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose ...
Poetry

‘Non Sibi Sed Patriae’

Axiomsense -
The days arrive like strangers now ...
Poetry

‘1945’

Andrew Collis -
Laughter and distress ...