A DEFENSE OF VERMIN
By Peter Carellini My heart weeps for shady vermin They who scurry in pre-war nooks not caulked And under the eyes of social climbers,...
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WRAPPED IN WOLF
By Yvonne Brewer Wrapped in wolf was her style. Creature of stripping teeth and laying bare when snared. Laughter wedges her ruby...
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TELL ME A STORY
By Gillian Lenore Tell me a story. I will operate under the pretense that everything will be false, if your batteries still make you...
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ERIC FROM BEHIND THE RAILINGS
By Nick Edwards Nervously, I wander by you, Fix my hair and sideways eye you, Talk to me about your failings, Eric from behind the...
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COUNTING SHEEP
By Abigail Martin When I fall asleep, the sheep I count are screams. Some mine, some theirs, some delighted, some scared- No difference....
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TO PLEAD THE FIFTH
By Jonty Pennington-Twist Secrets Thrown from the harbour wall Come spilling back On lacerated tides Along with things That sailors...
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MOTEL PARADISE
By Henna Oil Stained Walls, Naked bronze, Splattered Mould, Timely Charm. Without a murmur or trace, fingertips met sordid oak. I slipped...
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FROM ANGER TO ABSOLUTION
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,...
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MY FATHER
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...
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TILL OBLIVION
By Harry Jack Jones Here we are in the pre-apocalypse Annihilation awakens from the depths our coexistence soon condemned, but here I am...
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SHAME
By Emma Towey “Hush, hush now. My sweet little lamb”. The once crimson cheeks a deep purple. Chubby little child, she thought. Little...
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ROPE NECKLACE
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...
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EMPTY GLASS
By Abbie Froomes Antidotes that come in shades of burgundy red Without stopping to savour the freedom from my delicate head. Liquid silk...
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DARKNESS IN THE LIGHT
By Paul Sugar The darkness creeps below the surface, Like a shark circling it’s prey, The bite purposeful and lethal, The light slowly...
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CANARY
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...
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RAGE FOR A REASON
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...
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IMMORTALITY
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...
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OURS IS THE DEATH-WIND
By Nafre Hellulander All things pass in the ebb and flow of self-annihilating breath. Our souls, though held fast to our bodies—breaking,...
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MUM
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...
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THE IN BETWEEN
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...
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