September 2011
the wholesale closure of the Welsh chapels by Victor Weston
Tue, 27/09/2011 - 20:30 — victor westonYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
the wholesale closure of the Welsh chapels Copyright © Victor Weston 2011
Out of the sheer bulk of these mountains and hills
thrust up through rain-drenching clouds into the sky
the people of Wales have raised these edifices:
Still, Still by Richard J Whiting
Tue, 27/09/2011 - 20:30 — R J WhitingYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Still, Still Copyright © Richard J Whiting 2011
Gathered around a shop-front,
As if all we need
Is a cover-drive
Daft As A Brush by Richard J Whiting
Tue, 27/09/2011 - 20:30 — R J WhitingYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Daft as a Brush Copyright © Richard J Whiting 2011
When you watched
Your favourite comic actors,
Laughter reverberated like a receding storm.
Romance by Thraves Thraveson
Tue, 27/09/2011 - 20:30 — Thraves ThravesonYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Romance Copyright © Thraves Thraveson 2011
Gigi said to Coco
will you please be mine
Coco said to Gigi
Sleeplessness by Thraves Thraveson
Tue, 27/09/2011 - 20:30 — Thraves ThravesonYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Sleeplessness Copyright © Thraves Thraveson 2011
I'm not surprised you couldn't sleep last night,
what did you think that you were doing?
Running around inside my head, all night
Exit, Left by Rob Lock
Tue, 27/09/2011 - 20:30 — Rob LockYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Exit, Left Copyright © Rob Lock 2011
His face had not been in her mirror
for three months now but still his shadow
dogged the house, appearing at her side
Outside Waitrose by Rob Lock
Tue, 27/09/2011 - 20:30 — Rob LockYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Outside Waitrose Copyright © Rob Lock 2011
Everyone was standing around fussing this dog
whoʼd been tied to a bench and abandoned.
Mobile phones were being fingered
Our Last Day by Jackie Carreira
Tue, 27/09/2011 - 20:30 — Jackie CarreiraYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
Our Last Day Copyright © Jackie Carreira 2011
In the middle of the wheat
The wind made a noise like gravel down a pipe,
Covering our steps and sounds of distant engines
the EDL & the girl in the clap clinic by Victor Weston
Tue, 27/09/2011 - 20:30 — victor westonYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
the EDL & the girl in the clap clinic - a disturbing metaphor Copyright © Victor Weston 2011
the EDL graffiti on a bookcase in the clap clinic expresses anger
where human life has been brought so low:
degradation of disease and humiliation of faith and race
The Weasel by Thraves Thraveson
Tue, 27/09/2011 - 20:30 — Thraves ThravesonYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
The Weasel Copyright © Thraves Thraveson 2011
A Weaselʼs not Wʼeasily seen
Its long and its lithe and its lean
If the tip of its tail, has a sooty sheen
Youʼd be stoatlly wrong itʼs a stoat that youʼve seen.
The Appeal of Poetry by Richard J Whiting
Tue, 27/09/2011 - 20:30 — R J WhitingYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
The Appeal of Poetry Copyright © Richard J Whiting 2011
This is an appeal
On behalf of the
Royal Society For
The Protection of Poets.
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No Satisfaction by Rob Lock
Tue, 27/09/2011 - 20:30 — Rob LockYou may need: Adobe Flash Player.
No Satisfaction Copyright © Rob Lock 2011
The chest of drawers that I had hoped to renovate
so that it might become an heirloom in your keeping
had to be demolished to take in the car to the dump
