Category: Issue Four
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Urn
By Geoff Budden (July, 2005) Summer school; after school; help from his patient mother; but his stammering tongue still betrayed him in class. School books ill-fit his hands; another bother. Grade Ten was the last one he passed But hammers, planes, plank; these he understood. “Measure twice, cut once”; confidence and certainty. He was…
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Am I an Angel?
By Gerrit Bos Am I an angel? A messiah? A virgin birth? Or the devil hiding in my neighbour’s shirt? Am I a wicked prince? An evil tyrant? Or simply a lost sheep? Am I a beggar? A warning? The truth? Or plain boring?
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The Night Wonderer
By Senaj Alijevski Wonders which road to take What am I doing here? And why do I need to be there? Seeing the lights remembers the steps before.
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Christmas kisses
By Anne Casey We never had it It was something you saw in the movies old ones re-running on tv that handsome couples teasingly kissed under
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Interview with Sophie Masson
By Arianne James interviewing Sophie Masson
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Interview with Tricia Dearborn
Tricia Dearborn was interviewed by Oscar O-Neill-Pugh What are you currently reading? I have a passion for chemistry – my first degree was a double major in chemistry and biochemistry – and my next poetry collection, Autobiochemistry, takes its title from a poem sequence that’s largely autobiographical, but seen through the lens of the chemical…