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Blackbird

Poem by Hannah Linden about birdsong, mental health and renewal

PUBLISHED ON: 07/03/23

CATEGORY: Poetry

Rowdy as scarlet at the end of the day streaks of honesty transform into birdsong a blushed sweet confession splashed high and reckless in the twiligh …

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Three Poems by Jacqueline Martin

Three poems on Biology, heartbreak, sex and death, by Jacqueline Martin

PUBLISHED ON: 28/02/23

CATEGORY: Poetry

Stupid / lovesick / mollusc / always / swimming / without / thinking / into / awkward / little / spaces / until…

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The Memory Chest

Poem on bereavement, trauma and bodily processes by Hannah Linden

PUBLISHED ON: 28/02/23

CATEGORY: Poetry

Take me to when death / was something I could poke, fearlessly, with a stick

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Poem by Graham Mort

Poem on labour, pride, dawn and elevation, by Graham Mort

PUBLISHED ON: 31/01/23

CATEGORY: Poetry

Poem on labour, pride, dawn and elevation, by Graham Mort

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Poem by Fiona Cameron

PUBLISHED ON: 31/01/23

CATEGORY: Poetry

Setting Down Strata we are ‘day safe’ in the gardens we say to each other nodding ….in tense agreement but when you dry your long black ha …

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Two poems by Charlie Bird

PUBLISHED ON: 31/01/23

CATEGORY: Poetry

Philip’s Photos Philip arrives at the bar at the end of the Saturday rush. He’s tall as a tree. Beneath a tired grey suit, I glimpse a dusky pink cash …

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