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Creatures - by James Aitchison

{ Poem }

For weeks we watched a spotted flycatcher
/ tenant the garden like a summer guest.
/ We didn’t see the other birdwatcher –
/ grey squirrel,…

Hedgehog, Hamnavoe - by Jen Hadfield

{ Poem }

Flinching in my hands
this soiled and studded but good heart,
which stippling my cupped palms, breathes

Rifle Song - by Gavin Bowd

{ Poem }

for Diana
/
/ We know that the taiga
/ still hides your stripes.
/ We will grind your paws
/ to aphrodisiac.
/
/ Lovers demand it.
/ our skins are lonely,
/ and girls…

The Moleman’s Apprentice - by Jim Carruth

{ Poem }

surfaced one Friday night
/ at the village hall
/ and asked her to dance,
/ leading the way
/ through the crowded floor,
/ parting…

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