LATEST IN POETRY
Flotsam by A. W. Earl
Flotsam is a poem about identity and childbirth.
American Cassava by Samuel Williams
Samuel’s poem ‘American Cassava’ captures various experiences within the scope of a life.
Eighth Wonder by Beth Booth
Thinking far too much about everything.
Many Mothers by Nicole Dawn Haywood
‘Many Mothers’ bears witness to intergenerational cycles of family trauma and resilience.
Since Records Began by Beth Booth
Thinking far too much about everything.
Transformation Battles by A. W. Earl
Transformation Battles is a poem about identity.
‘No Likey, No Lighty!’ by Dean Atta
Sleep gets interrupted when celebrities crash into a Glasgow bedroom in ‘No Likey, No Lighty!’
Shetland by Peter Scalpello
at the tideline the surfacing sun / overwhelms the horizon / like an ingrown hair and a fish
the drams we drank at dawn by Ashley Douglas
‘the drams we drank at dawn’ is a Scots love poem.
MORE POETRY
Recovery Room by Wes Lee
When I returned, I was different. I was cold all the time, / wore wool against my skin. The shock of it / stayed with me into summer.
Iffley the Unspoiled* by Lea Galanter
Here is a moment / from the lives of ancient kings, / their high thrones on either hand.
Famadihana by Gaynor Kane
Six years, three hundred and sixty-four days / since we laid the long wreath of white lilies, / roses and spray carnations on the mound of soil
Water Lilies by Kersten Christianson
Tonight / I Facebook / under-share / a million / thoughts / imploding / in my brain
Conjoined* by Erin Vance
The elder sister / eats a bloated honeybee, / pinches it between her fingers, / brings it to her lips, and sucks / it down her throat, stinger / and all.