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I hold this fragile sphereJLM Morton

JLM Morton — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 10:24:05 +0000

I hold this fragile sphere of earth and sit up on the long barrow to see myself a minuscule speck on the sphere at the end of the day at the end of the world and tell myself there could be more time and the waters of the Severn promise me they’ve always been [...]

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THE UNION OF LAUGHTER Raymond Antrobus

Raymond Antrobus — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 09:36:11 +0000

First we laughed with prickly legs and stubble beards at police in polished riot vans. Then we laughed shivering like candles at the Prime Minister’s heated swimming pool. We carried our laughter like The Big Issue and hurled it at the Education Minister and his ten-thousand- pound Rolex. When they took our right to [...]

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The Exhilaration of Everything Change Cath Drake

Cath Drake — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 09:32:55 +0000

It can be hard to keep going when the environmental crisis is ongoing, and worsening as the years go by. It’s easy to turn away. Of course, sometimes we need to watch a funny movie, go for a walk in nature, or have a nice meal. Self-care and resilience are part of the work. [...]

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Rewilding: Brodgar Poetry/Sound WalkStephanie Green and Sonja Heyer

Stephanie Green and Sonja Heyer — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 08:39:42 +0000

Why not go on a short walk? Only fifteen minutes or so. It could take you anywhere, through a green space, or down city streets. Go on a walk and listen to recordings of poetry melded with sound. These natural sounds were recorded on site at the Ring of Brodgar, Orkney, Scotland. They comprise wind, [...]

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WalrusIszi Jones

Iszi Jones — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 08:00:49 +0000

WALRUS It began in Scarborough, on New Year’s Eve, beside the sea The discarded boot perhaps, of some vagrant giant Washed up on smaller shores; Prised us open with ivory prongs Finding things we carried with us from afar Quite unaware. The wonderfully-worn-loved leather jacket I lost in Manchester in 1992 When I [...]

The Two UnseensBrandon Ra Pestano

Brandon Ra Pestano — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 08:00:29 +0000

Brandon Ra Pestano is a 26 year old poet of mixed Guyanese and English heritage from Brighton, England. He has represented the South of England in spoken word at the National Portrait Gallery, as well as performing his poetry at Greenwich West Gallery and having a short poetry film exhibited at the Institute [...]

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Ghost MooseHilary Menos

Hilary Menos — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 07:00:49 +0000

The moose haunts my dreams, his palmate rack begging me for alms, or succour, or release. Now he stands at the end of my bed in the dark, chewing cud. I must scare him to save him as the men here kill rogue moose, their rifles cocked, their wool caps low on their heads. [...]

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ColourlessRebecca Stonehill

Rebecca Stonehill — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 07:00:28 +0000

only that it’s becoming unmanageable; that much, only, do I know. And more than knowing – I feel it, in the corals bleaching and leaching of colour, in the thud of trunks as they hit the floor of ancient forests, in the vapour trails that crisscross the skies like angry scars, in the face [...]

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Dandelions on the CommonCraig Smith

Craig Smith — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 07:00:16 +0000

There are new dandelions on the Common. The spindly stalks of these coin-sized supernova can barely lift their heads from the ground, today being November and the season for dandelions long being over. One weekend, three years back, the boy and I questioned how the solar rays of dandelion petals switched modes to become [...]

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