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How to eat frogs - by Clementine E. Burnley

{ Poem }

Grandmothers croak welcome, and crows
watch from a sagging power line.

Old Age - by Rebecca Pine

{ Poem }

I have, I think, most organs that
/ I started with. Some shaped by time
/ foreshortened, elongated, dulled.
/ I keep at bay…

grave dust - by Sam Riviere

{ Poem }

The night I got grave dust on my hands after dusting off my mother’s grave / I was lent a…

The Theatre Royal’s Gorgeous Transformation to the Hall of a Thousand Lights - by Hamish Whyte

{ Poem }

As fast as Glasgow burned its theatres to the ground
/ it built them back again – we couldn’t do
/ without our…

Connecting Cultures - by Liz Lochhead

{ Poem }

Such words can sound like flagged-up slogans, true. / What we merely say says nothing — / All that matters…

The Floral Apron - by Marilyn Chin

{ Poem }

The woman wore a floral apron around her neck,
/ that woman from my mother’s village
/ with a sharp cleaver in her hand.
/ She…

Homecoming - by Tishani Doshi

{ Poem }

I forgot how Madras loves noise
/ Loves neighbours and pregnant women
/ And Gods and babies
/
/ And Brahmins who rise
/ Like fire hymns…

Lost - by Hamid Shami

{ Poem }

To quote my distant friend Imran MacLeod,
/ ‘A man with no culture has no identity.’
/
/ The last I heard of him was,…

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