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Hating Miss Harper “Off me clean sheets, you little divils! I’ll tell your mam, mind! I will!” We’d been in the back lane, me and my little brother Neil, running in and out of the sheets hanging on the … Continue reading
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Neuro-Mandala A poem inspired by Anjali B Purkayastha’s ‘Home’ I can float here on these outlines of clouds unfilled, nested within borders, in teal self-led and self-reflected. There are no rainbows, only a sense of them mono-coloured … Continue reading
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We are starting the week of our anthology launch with a nice list of good news about our writers and poets: Vanessa Lampert was a Top 10 finalist at the Troubadour International International Poetry Prize 2018, judged by Daljit Nagra and … Continue reading
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[ mojave ] wind sand dust devils barren spiral silver blaze glint white lightning shatter storms humid heat shelter cave obsidian bursting stars echoes vast salt canyon floods red stone restless bones flint agate fire exposed offal fox cottonwood … Continue reading
Poets – students of Poetry School London are holding a poetry reading titled A Buick of Sighs on Tuesday, November 27, from 19 – 22 hrs. It will take place at the Betsy Trotwood, 56 Farrington Road, London. Lydia Kennaway has had her poem … Continue reading
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We celebrate more successes of our students. Many are already accomplished authors with publication credits. Alex Reed‘s poetry pamphlet The Nights At Home is published by V. Press. The pamphlet voices the loneliness and isolation that follow bereavement and the predicament of … Continue reading
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Red In The Morning I had my outing that day after all. The morning sky streaked red. We’ll see my mother warned. My scarlet ‘Jumping Jodies’ stayed in their box. Daisy patterned, soles as pale as sponge cake. … Continue reading
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Suburbia Outside, the lightning was swift; a sudden rain against my skin, blurring your features into a single gash. The grey weeds that spread and withered the yard where you buried your black thoughts have … Continue reading
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This week’s poet Natalie Crick was shortlisted for the Anthony Cronin International Poetry Prize 2018 with her poem ‘Anorexia’. The presentation was held on Sunday 4th November in Enniscorthy, Country Wexford (Ireland) as part of Wexford Literary Festival 2018. The eventual winner became … Continue reading
This week we would like to share achievements of four exceptional poets, our colleagues and students at Newcastle University and Poetry School London: Vanessa Lampert, Mary Mullholland and Lydia Kennaway, all three talented poets and students at Newcastle University (MA … Continue reading