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The Turquoise Slipper - by Vicki Feaver

{ Poem }

News film
of a covid ward
lodged in my head

Late Call - by Diana Hendry

{ Poem }

Lord, this is pip-squeak calling.
/ Even with your infinite technology
/ I expect your line’s busy. Therefore
/ forgive me my witter, tucked…

Watching Telly With You - by Diana Hendry

{ Poem }

We could go to Paris of course
/ but not so often. And it might not be quite
/ as cosy as…

TV Hockey - by Anne Wilkinson

{ Poem }

Players, humped as oxen, brood in boxes;
/ One by one stumble from their cages
/ (Lift of gulls, swing and loop and lag
/ And…

Late show - by John Burnside

{ Poem }

I only watch reruns now,
/ or films about geese,
/
/ and yet I’m waiting for the miracle
/ I used to find in early black…

the imperative commands - by Nick-e Melville

{ Poem }

[extract]
/ commands and imperatives from 24hrs of adverts
/
/ it’s easy to say yes
/ say no
/ to conformity
/ there’s no need
/ to feel blue
/
/ explore the world
/ with…

Plasma Nights - by Tom Leonard

{ Poem }

seductive bright light
/ of the evening narrative
/
/ ease of habit
/ the need to relax
/
/ heck
/ we all need a break
/
/ so it goes
/ day into night
/
/ something to…

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