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Part of Your World I stay at school long enough to sell six packets of fags and get my name checked off on the register. Declan finds me when the bell rings and slips me a fiver for his Maths … Continue reading
Deadline 31 January 2019 The Prole Laureate Poetry Competition – entertaining and challenging poems of any length and style; winners and runners up will be published in Issue 28 of Prole. Entry Fee £3, £2 for subsequent entries. More information … Continue reading
This week’s news is short and sweet because we celebrate a fantastic international success of Alex Corrin-Tachibana. Her Japan-themed poem Ten Years; Ten Places, was published at the end of 2018, in Silver Needle Press’s print anthology – issue 1 by the same … Continue reading
Welcome back after our Christmas break, happy New Year and happy writing to everyone! We thought things would get quiet over the festive season. Luckily, we were wrong and some of our colleagues can start their new year by celebrating … Continue reading
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Metallic Beasts Out of all the bedtime stories, Dad told me, the one with the dragons was always the best. ‘Close your eyes. Can you see them? They are as tall as oak trees and wider than … Continue reading
Winning a competition or being published by a reputable publication add to your publications credit, hence we are adding a new category to our blog – competitions and other publishing opportunities for writers. This will be added once a month. Please … Continue reading
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As we thought it could not get any better than having our much-anticipated launch of Bridges, an anthology of best poetry and fiction written by MA in Creative Writing and MA in Writing Poetry students, Natalie Crick, one of the authors, … Continue reading
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Pathetic Fallacy, or Something Ted leans back in his chair and closes his eyes, trying to block out the chatter and footsteps around him. He slips a hand into his pocket and feels his shoulders relax at the weight … Continue reading
Bull after Michael Lyons’sculpture in wax and steel, Mithras Suite IX (The Eighth Gate), The Hatton Gallery. What God rose from earth to split this brute in two? To tear muscle from shoulder, horn from skull, ravage the … Continue reading
Once Upon a Time, There Was a Book You should stop. You should stop right there, right now, turn around and head back to work. You promised you wouldn’t do this again. You promised your mom, you promised your dad, … Continue reading