Tag: new poetry

  • “Limerence” and other poems by Palmer Smith

    limerence i loved a somnambulist we’re like a No(thing), a No(body) two no-bodies equal Somebody, right? (re)-read my words bottle of tequila, all the limes all the girls you have loved, shaken up in this cup i lovingly stirred you stumble on red oak floors ceiling, a map of london lon-don-ing you illicit, (i)llicit you,…

  • Poems from ‘My Name Is’ by Polina Cosgrave

    Starship The blackest of holes, the hottest of suns, the craziest captain alive. Surrender to none, be gentle to some, stay tough as the skies collide. The milkiest way is over my head. They’re chasing me mile after mile. This starship is mine, try and catch me, I said. This marvellous starship is mine. Self-portrait…

  • “River” a series by Sarah Lenihan

    River (I) I wish I could lay in a river glazed with gold – my heart sinking into yours amidst this pleasure. I would watch you fall beneath my feet as we would lay upon the riches we’ve won. It is a deadly notion to dream this dream of mine– The current brings us on…

  • “When the angel came to me” and other poems by Danielle Galligan

    When the angel came to me ‘The Virgin…’ He smirked, then ‘Virginity is a complex concept, pet’ I said. ‘I’ve been sent by God; He has a job–’ ‘So I’ve heard, you’ve got the wrong girl.’ Then, he grabs my wrist, ‘I must insist.’ Kisses my knuckle, twisted fuck. I imagine it going through his…

  • ‘The New Natalism’ and other poems by Claire Kieffer

    The New Natalism Mother is in bits but only literally she doesn’t find it funny at all this new slug covered in shreds of skin his or her own, she doesn’t know. She doesn’t want to think about which of those are hers about the things she ripped out that took on a life of…

  • “Harbour’s Mouth” and other poems by Annette Skade

    Threnody I know why the sea churns. A woman gets the news, drops to the chair, floor – further, the quick in her bleeds out. She is liquid now, leaching away, this hour, this day, day-on-day. At the back of her eyes a face ebbs and flows: his lop-sided smile makes room for her touch,…

  • Anon | Shreds of Colour

    Shreds of Colour   Black Black seeping from pores, I choke on its own smoke – unspoken words, A fire has been lit. Standing in flames, drawings and words of what you think to do, on once blank canvas’s now speak of what you drew, Isolated four seasons, almost a fifth – silence, A fire…

  • “The Moment Daphne Survived” and other poems by Maria Karapish

    “The Moment Daphne Survived” and other poems by Maria Karapish

    The Moment Daphne Survived First, it was my legs that went shooting down below the known world that knew me. As they reached further and further and continued to extend until I touched upon something safe and nurturing and secretive but liberating all at once, as my lower half Was shielded from your hungry eyes.…

  • “Clutch” and other poems by JLM Morton

    Hex without her, his gut is like a hag stone at high water craving for the sea   Voyeur For weeks I pass the affair, on the turn from common tarmac to unclassified track, where shorthorns lap at the galvanised trough, gliders rise on the ivied beech. A people carrier parks in the lay-by limestone…

  • “The Many Splintered Night” and other poems by Aishling Alana Heffernan

    “The Many Splintered Night” and other poems by Aishling Alana Heffernan

    The Many Splintered Night The trembling of my fingers as I hit the keypad, wakens the dire horror of an unfocussed brain that seeps too much into the mire of focussed restraint. To dance under the moonlight in the eyes of the lights that pound into my head, with the horror of a dancers aching…