By Henna Oil Stained Walls, Naked bronze, Splattered Mould, Timely Charm. Without a murmur or trace, fingertips met sordid oak. I slipped...

By Icarus In these halls of shadow, I sat alone, My anger roared until it fell silent, Revealing its true name: Grief. When she departed,...

By Raveena Kaur I had no ill intentions no reason to villainise you yet somehow in my poems it feels like that's all I do. You tried your...

By Harry Jack Jones Here we are in the pre-apocalypse Annihilation awakens from the depths our coexistence soon condemned, but here I am...

By Emma Towey “Hush, hush now. My sweet little lamb”. The once crimson cheeks a deep purple. Chubby little child, she thought. Little...

By Draco Amethystus Mom sits on a ladder in the garage. At first, I think my eyes see a mirage. No, it’s real. She is sitting there...

By Abbie Froomes Antidotes that come in shades of burgundy red Without stopping to savour the freedom from my delicate head. Liquid silk...

By Paul Sugar The darkness creeps below the surface, Like a shark circling it’s prey, The bite purposeful and lethal, The light slowly...

By Frank William Finney Sing, canary: sing to the din. Hop your bones from perch to perch. Sift the hulls for vestiges. The gate is...

By C.B.K. I’m you, but I’m worse. Built brick by brick, stone by stone, ground with your gristle, mortar and pestle— same rage, different...

By Samantha K. Collinson He feeds on me. His sharp keratin bites deep into my throbbing artery. He says he is helping me, but as my...

By Nafre Hellulander All things pass in the ebb and flow of self-annihilating breath. Our souls, though held fast to our bodies—breaking,...

By Emily Tuttlebury They tell me the veil is thin. It’s a curdled morning. Frost in the glass and on the marsh terns laugh. You should be...

By Rich Collins Could they be the things we see imagination or reality The endless sky the deep blue sea The garden flower the bumble bee...

By Ailish NicPhaidin Monday came and went Tuesday trundled behind Wednesday made mush of the belly Thursday came flying through the sky...

By Thekla Georgiou Each versatile woman, Who tames the skin, To bury truth deep, Within the sea's keep. There, she blends the small with...

By Andrew LaRocque Angels do not guide me Nor the light of heaven upon my path The primal fire burns within me   I do not follow the...

By Emma Keun Free me from  Ropes of reason  Let me swim  Toward your Siren song  I will dash myself  Upon your rocks  Break against your...

By Alex Padina The sky in the north has turned violet.  Solar storm to blame.  The dark expanse is now painted in neon lights,  a palette...

By Ash Luetchford There’s a mound At the end Of the garden There my maiden lies Where Death delivered Like a forbidden love letter...