Mind, Body and Soul
My mind, a landfill that chokes on sorrow, crafts a noose out of a bespoke eclipse; chews pain, reluctant to spit or swallow, for either...
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Panashe Ndou
- Jul 14
- 2 min
In Benjamin’s Room
I spent the night in Benjamin's room. I didn't want to, or rather I didn't intend to. Even though I was alone it felt like he was there,...
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Owen Thomas Webb
- Apr 14
- 4 min
The Four Ages
The Age of Discord The refugee’s home is my home But it only became my home when the refugee thanked me for it This is the Age of...
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Hermione Byron
- Mar 23
- 1 min
Be The Moon
To be the moon is what he wanted me to be. round serene A face...
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Lauren Galligan
- Mar 18
- 1 min
Nan's garden
At the bottom of the garden the little girl plays. It is spring and the sun is warm in this spot, Filtered through the gaps in the blue...
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Tala M.L. Davidson
- Mar 16
- 3 min
Nothing Beautiful & Something Beautiful
Nothing Beautiful There is nothing beautiful to say by it, About it, there is nothing gold. The source of my heart, and yet The black...
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Isobel Salt
- Mar 7
- 2 min
LED Laser beams of Love and Protection, Transporting, A tree.
LED Laser beams of Love and Protection. Ah, I see. I fear You’re Becoming Ungrateful. That’s not how You repay my love. Try, ‘yes!...
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Grace Baird
- Feb 8
- 2 min
The Auld Ways, Maukit Tongue
The Auld Ways There’s mair value than yous could ever imagine in the auld ways. And they're crumbling awa Gui tricky to catch, But ye’ve...
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Hermione Byron
- Jan 28
- 1 min
Thirst
I like to plant seeds in the barren lands of the Sierra, where I walk with a bucket and watch the shining eyes of the buckles on my...
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Alistair Kevan
- Dec 22, 2022
- 1 min
Move better
Your petrol powered boast is trumped by the muscle moved machine, its mechanical cleverness is humble and sporting. It does not growl nor...
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Hermione Byron
- Dec 1, 2022
- 1 min
Bud
I can't bear to throw out the dead flowers: When I dropped the bunch in the compost this morning, the one still alive fell from the group...
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Flora Leask
- Oct 28, 2022
- 1 min
the egg
a horse rolls its eyes in me nervous whites reflecting windows held ajar by splintered blocks eyelash trembling tempting my hunger...
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Julián Camilo Corzo Ochoa
- Oct 25, 2022
- 1 min
Casas de nación (Houses of nation)
Casas de nación Casa de palabras: mátame. Casa de imágenes: acógeme. En este mundo de casa y casas, ¿dónde quedó la casa de aquél? ¿Qué...
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Kailasha Wagemans
- Sep 28, 2022
- 1 min
2 Poems
A poem— even with the prettiest words i couldn’t describe you the way you should be. Feeling Blue— I want words to come out of my mouth...
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Priya Basra
- Sep 14, 2022
- 1 min
Breakfast at Nine & If I saw her with the ginger man I'd remember
Breakfast at Nine Saliva dominates, Her salt washed skin brushes the beads of bubbles Glistening between my hairs, She moans — the type...
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Hermione Byron
- Jul 9, 2022
- 1 min
Portrait in Pain
Portrait paintings were Frida Kahlo's pain-things. Her labours of love hang as trophies of control and mocking devotion: desperate...
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Carlotta Riechmann
- May 22, 2022
- 1 min
Starfishing
Ah, a day to myself. This morning, I spread To the sides of my bed With fingers and toes Like a starfish. I made pancakes, just three:...
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Natasha Hemraze
- Mar 21, 2022
- 1 min
Identity.
Fragility Is Not knowing Who I am. I don’t know who I am. I don’t know where the cement was mixed and Who formed the Bricks That were...
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Devki Panchmatia
- Mar 16, 2022
- 1 min
The School Orchard & Hieroglyphic Tablet from the Drought
THE SCHOOL ORCHARD In 1897, eighty clergy orphans moved into this school building. They sat on these grounds in September, surrounded by...
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JMR
- Mar 10, 2022
- 3 min
Perfect Shards
* Content warning for rape. 1. I am trying to decide what I am allowed to call rape I have been reading stories testimonies straddling...
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