Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Life and Conflict in 2019 New Zealand
Philip Muir savours the power of words as both a mode of communication and as an art form.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
A Venetian Pizzeria at 8 pm
Chloe Marer enjoys gardening, baking, and playing Dungeons and Dragons.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Prophecy’ and ‘Harpies’
Kitty Coles' poems have been widely published in magazines and anthologies
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Abecedarian
Michelle Bermudez is a Latina poet who received her MFA in creative writing at Adelphi University
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Kurt Vonnegut
Paul Turley is currently studying for a Master of Philosophy degree.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Dry Bones
James Finnegan - shortlisted for Hennessy Literary Award (2018), highly commended in the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Competition (2016, 2018)
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Reflections on home, foreign places and the body
Bree Alexander (also Lika Posamari) writes poetry and more in or between Melbourne and New Delhi.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
The New Order
Dr. Emily Bilman teaches poetry in Geneva as London’s Poetry Society’s Stanza representative.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Leda
Hana Meighan is currently finishing her undergraduate English degree at Ulster University Coleraine.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Filigree by Melinda Jane
Melinda Jane, author of the poetry book ‘Nature's Nuptials’ and the children’s book ‘The Currawong and the Owl’.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
In the House at the Edge of the Heart
John W. Sexton’s sixth poetry collection, Futures Pass, was published by Salmon Poetry in 2018.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Miss Elsie Ratchet
Tony DeLorger is the author of twenty-one published books.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Archaeological Poetry
Jodie Hannis is a Midlands-based poet and spoken word artist who is exploring archaeological writing as part of her PhD research with the University of Leicester.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Degrees of Deception
David Atkinson's collection 'The Ablation of Time' is available through Ginninderra Press.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Ice house and other poems by Moya Pacey
Moya Pacey published her second collection: Black Tulips (Recent Work Press, University of Canberra) in October, 2017.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
The Dweller by Elaine Dillof
After 45 years in the antique business Elaine Dillof, retired, has returned to an early love, writing.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Rob Schackne. Elegy for a bee
Born in New York, Rob Schackne lived in many countries until Australia finally took him in.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
2 Poems from Sandy Green
Sandy Green's first Chapbook is Pacing The Moon. (Flutter Press, 2009)
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
The Beautiful Moment and other poems from Rose Lucas
Rose Lucas's first collection, Even in the Dark (UWAP) won the Mary Gilmore award in 2014.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Dylan Everett. Fall down the wind
Dylan Everett is Adelaide-based Australian poet. He has a background in visual arts and poetry.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Carrion and other poems by Siobhan Hodge
Siobhan Hodge is the co-editor of Writ Poetry Review and winner of the 2017 Kalang Eco-Poetry Award
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Jennifer Compton. All the lonely people
Jennifer Compton was born in Wellington (New Zealand) and now lives in Melbourne (Australia). She is a poet and playwright who also writes prose.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Migraineur and other poems by Michele Seminara
Michele Seminara's most recent collection is Engraft (Island Press in 2016)
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Bedding, poetry by Sandra Renew
Sandra Renew’s ongoing project is the interrogation of gender presentation and the LGBTIQAA gender discourses.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Luminous and other poems. Brenda Saunders
Brenda Saunders was awarded the 2014 Scanlon Prize for her collection 'Looking for Bullin Bullin' and in 2018 she won the Ooodgeroo Nunnucal Prize and the Joanne Burns Award ( Spineless Wonders).
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Heart Lag. Poetry by Rosa O’Kane
Rosa O’Kane's poem Hydrography of the Heart was a commended entry in The Hippocrates Prize 2014
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Laura Jan Shore. In praise of foibles
Laura Jan Shore’s poetry collections include Breathworks, Dangerously Poetic Press, 2002 and Water over Stone, IP Picks Best Poetry 2011, Interactive Press. She’s also the author of YA novel, The Sacred Moon Tree, Bradbury Press,1986
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
2 poems by Diana Manole
Diana Manole is a Romanian-Canadian scholar, literary translator, and award-winning author of nine books of poetry and drama in her native Romania
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Waxing Gibbous. Poetry by Lucy Dixcart
Lucy Dixcart was shortlisted for the 2019 Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year competition.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Mary Mulholland. The Making of Dreams
Mary Mulholland founded and co-runs Red Door Poets and lives in London.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Kimberly’s Hands. Kaci Skiles Laws
Kaci Skiles Laws is a writer and musician living in Dallas—Fort Worth. Her work has been featured in The Letters Page, Pif Magazine, The American Journal of Poetry, and several others.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
The Window Scratchers by Iseult Healy
Iseult Healy is a member of Poets Abroad, Ox Mountain Poets, Sandy Fields and A New Ulster groups. www.iseultwriter.com
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Iain Campbell. Watching the Weather
Iain Campbell's poetry is inspired by his love of the landscape and the sea, often intertwined with a tale of someone he has met, or of a journey he has undertaken.
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
At the site of the crash – Brendon Booth-Jones
At the site of the crash all is thunderingly still. The street, trees, and houses lie curled asleep in the predawn chill....
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Ekphrasis in an Essex Sculpture Garden. Poetry by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs
Ekphrasis in an Essex Sculpture Garden - an allegory of choosing and being chosen 1 – The Artefact I don’t suppose a...
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
Les Dernières Heures: The Last Hours – Anne Pia
Les Dernières Heures: The Last Hours Nails in your head at the hammering that went on for days, as if you didn’t...
Issue 40 | December 2019 |
How I Want Picasso To Sketch Me – Simeon Dumdum Jr.
HOW I WANT PICASSO TO SKETCH ME This is how Pablo Picasso sketched Ella Fitzgerald. Her breasts like the waves of Hokusai, hair...
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