Poem of the Month

Grief, Englishness and penalties: Ralph Dartford’s ‘England’s Dreaming’
Grief, Englishness and penalties: Ralph Dartford’s ‘England’s Dreaming’
I was telling Gareth Southgateonly this morning aboutthe convenienceof having my weekly train ticket on my phone. He said that I had madea sensible choice. He was also pleasedthat I... Read more...
A Look at Nick Allen's 'Hill Fog'
A Look at Nick Allen's 'Hill Fog'
walking the loose cross-stitch / of tracks that mesh this hillsidepushing through the seaweed / heavy cling of brackena jogger emerges from mist / disappears as if pulled under  ... Read more...
Steve Ely's Fascinating Approach to Expressionist Poetry
Steve Ely's Fascinating Approach to Expressionist Poetry
The poet Steve Ely has, for quite some time now, been working on various projects that bring the landscape of the natural world to life. Orasaigh came about through procrastination... Read more...
The subtle flood in Kayleigh Campbell’s ‘The Body Knows’
words by Joseph Blythe   I really do think that I’m someone who reads with their heart before their head. That’s not to say I don’t think about the texts I read – of course I do. Yet, despite my undergraduate degree being in English Literature and my Master’s in Creative Writing, I have never found myself drawn by particular literary movements. I don’t love the Victorians, or modernism, or postmodernism – though I adore the works of T. S. Eliot and Kurt Vonnegut. In fact, I’ve read every Vonnegut novel,... Read more...