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Poem: The Candidate Explains
April 18, 2021 - No comment
after Charlotte Nichols MP I didn’t know the meaning of "incursion" or “dealt with” the negative connotation until...
April 18, 2021 - No comment
after Charlotte Nichols MP I didn’t know the meaning of "incursion" or “dealt with” the negative connotation until...
Poem: A Man of His Times
April 12, 2021 - No comment
The tributes amass, the media chimes out the pre-rehearsed phraseology: “a life of service ... a man of his times” and...
April 12, 2021 - No comment
The tributes amass, the media chimes out the pre-rehearsed phraseology: “a life of service ... a man of his times” and...
Poem: The Case of George Nkencho
January 4, 2021 - No comment
If this boy had been more prudently dropped into life on, say, a street with trees that throw out their annual yellow to...
January 4, 2021 - No comment
If this boy had been more prudently dropped into life on, say, a street with trees that throw out their annual yellow to...
Poem: The 2020 Movie
December 31, 2020 - No comment
Ominous opening credits theme ebbs to silence. Fade in: shaky-cam footage from various news agencies; a montage establishing...
December 31, 2020 - No comment
Ominous opening credits theme ebbs to silence. Fade in: shaky-cam footage from various news agencies; a montage establishing...
Poem: Our Posh Liberal Friends
December 18, 2020 - No comment
for Susan Whenever I show them the Future, they refuse it; say: this future has bad hair, waves its arms around too much, is...
December 18, 2020 - No comment
for Susan Whenever I show them the Future, they refuse it; say: this future has bad hair, waves its arms around too much, is...
Poem: Look Closely
October 9, 2020 - No comment
Look closely when the Central Line spits you out into a river of impatience, and you’ll see that angels’ wings are made from...
October 9, 2020 - No comment
Look closely when the Central Line spits you out into a river of impatience, and you’ll see that angels’ wings are made from...
Poem: The Joke
October 4, 2020 - No comment
after Walter Benjamin A barrel of industrial waste poured into a suit donated by a casino owner who knows people with...
October 4, 2020 - No comment
after Walter Benjamin A barrel of industrial waste poured into a suit donated by a casino owner who knows people with...
Poem: Smart Phone
September 25, 2020 - No comment
My butterfly net, mindful archive for this Alchemilla leaf with its mercury raindrops. Late on my pillow I swipe into...
September 25, 2020 - No comment
My butterfly net, mindful archive for this Alchemilla leaf with its mercury raindrops. Late on my pillow I swipe into...
Poem: Civic Pride
June 27, 2020 - No comment
Look! There it is, your civic pride back from putting an X in a right wing box, back from egging on a bigot down the ‘Spoons, back...
June 27, 2020 - No comment
Look! There it is, your civic pride back from putting an X in a right wing box, back from egging on a bigot down the ‘Spoons, back...
Poem: Grenfell Tower’s 24 Floors
June 14, 2020 - No comment
The poem’s 24 equal-length lines represent the 24 floors of Grenfell Tower. It is written in memory of all who died three...
June 14, 2020 - No comment
The poem’s 24 equal-length lines represent the 24 floors of Grenfell Tower. It is written in memory of all who died three...
