LATEST IN POETRY
pirouetting through the farmers’ market by Sameeya Maqbool
Sameeya’s poem explores her experience of cultural hybridity as a British Pakistani woman of Islamic faith.
Letter to London by Dean Atta
Dean’s ‘Letter to London’ is a poem about being a Londoner in Glasgow.
our annual guest by Sameeya Maqbool
Sameeya’s poetry explores her experience of cultural hybridity as a British Pakistani woman of Islamic faith.
Poem with Tiramisu, Sibling Past Thirty-Eight by Jon Riccio
We eat at Olive Garden after learning if our father / had stronger kidneys a portion of his intestines
Poet Trying On A Western by Leslie Grollman
Leslie’s asking the important question: why not…?
This Body by Lebo Disele
In this poem, Lebo explores the concept of occupying space.
Take It from Someone Who Knows by Hanna Thomas Uose
Hanna teaches you how to love yourself.
Lost Ones by Lebo Disele
Lebo’s poem makes us question the reasons we grieve.
Womanhood by Liz Chadwick Pywell
What does womanhood mean to you?
MORE POETRY
Safeway by Jessica Pollard
my life got ruined in the produce aisle / all the wounds scabbed over / with ritz cracker
Winter Children by Natalie Crick
I’ve learned to read by the lamps / of women reading on the south coast. / I’ve peered into the darkness, / no matter how cold.
You Can’t Always Get What You Want by Claire Askew
It might be a good start / if you knew what what you want / was. If you stopped trying / to do the right thing
Prototype by Aquinas
I’ve conjured a clone / more successful and lively than me. / I polish their bolts and bits – remedy their short circuits.
Incurable by Miki Byrne
If drawn on paper, / an incurable condition / would be an oval, / bisected by a horizontal line.