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Author: Rish

Restless, nervous, hyper

Three poems by Sarah Crewe

April 13, 2018March 6, 2023 ~ Rish

25B the bear’s leg     scorched     a bronze bolt on black fur too close     yr grandaughter’s heart     reduced to menthol cinders     scented jumpers     chanel factoids     &breathe standing in the shadow of a yellow fiesta for anti-climb read anti cry     read … Continue reading Three poems by Sarah Crewe

Two poems by Holly Singlehurst

February 2, 2018February 1, 2018 ~ Rish

Witch Burning After Sylvia Plath ‘My ankles brighten. Brightness ascends my thighs. I am lost, I am lost, in the robes of all this light.’ – Sylvia Plath   Her mouth makes the sound of a kettle whistle – high, sharp, spinning into air like smoke. I watch. Everyone around her watches. Her body peeling … Continue reading Two poems by Holly Singlehurst

Two poems by Mel Pettitt

January 5, 2018January 4, 2018 ~ Rish

  Mermaid There was a time when I did not live like this. There was a time when I was the ocean’s whore. Now I am a hopeless man-pleaser, kissing those small rubbery toes, arching my back to let them stroke me. Some of them want to ride me around in the chlorinated water, buttocks up, … Continue reading Two poems by Mel Pettitt

‘Bloom’ by Harry Giles

October 20, 2017October 20, 2017 ~ Rish

  Oh God, for you the feral beauty of punching a fascist in the face. For you the bruise as unfolding orgasm, the humiliation as scented whips. If when you watch you want to cum, that's OK, God: touch yourself! With your hand, God. Vow to learn to land that touch with the merciless precision … Continue reading ‘Bloom’ by Harry Giles

Two poems by Chloe Balcomb

September 8, 2017September 8, 2017 ~ Rish

  My Son the Cockroach has always had an eye for the ladies. I told him, ‘They’re not screaming at you, at least not in the way you seem to imagine.’ He’s the colouring of Achilles and his daftness too. They say those copper curls stood out in battle, that and his swingeing blade. My … Continue reading Two poems by Chloe Balcomb

‘The Unbelievable’ by Victoria Adukwei Bulley

July 14, 2017March 5, 2023 ~ Rish

after Martin Carter They enjoy talking in the dark. They are just voices. With the power cut his voice is air, warm, passing over her ear – the ear is catching it. They have no obvious bodies, nor histories to set alight. They are, both of them, black as the breath of the universe, blank … Continue reading ‘The Unbelievable’ by Victoria Adukwei Bulley

‘Manger’ by Leonardo Boix

July 7, 2017March 6, 2023 ~ Rish

Manger After The Adoration of the Magi This ramshackle hut I was born had neither thatch, roof nor ceiling A hovel with a hundred o holes, having no walls nor windows, not even an exit. Cows, horses, flies slept all within, barely room for a time, Father built chimneys and Mother had sweetbread and kidneys … Continue reading ‘Manger’ by Leonardo Boix

Two poems by Will Harris

June 30, 2017March 5, 2023 ~ Rish

Eyewitness Travel In Shepherds Bush library, now an annex of Westfield, a man in a corner seat leans over two Dorling Kindersley books —Eyewitness Travel—and with near-complete, near-sighted reverence (the kind you’d give to something rare or precious) turns and scans each glossy page. I’m trying to believe it’s for a trip he’s planning, but … Continue reading Two poems by Will Harris

Two poems by Jennifer Lee Tsai

June 23, 2017March 6, 2023 ~ Rish

Breathing after Song Dong Tiananmen Square, New Year’s Eve, sub-zero temperatures; he lies face-down, breathing gently for forty minutes while from a distance, Mao observes a few policemen on night watch and the lamp-posts fitted with video cameras. This is the gate of Heavenly Peace. Soon, a patch of frost thaws, just to freeze over … Continue reading Two poems by Jennifer Lee Tsai

‘High Society’ by Ian Humphreys

June 16, 2017March 6, 2023 ~ Rish

Inside the camphorwood chest – forgotten treasure: a pair of leather cowboy boots with metal toe caps. How they shone. As loud, proud and polished as the men they sparked a trail through. Three decades of dust can’t hide the cracks. A genie-rub conjures up swirls of dry ice, the wink of the glitter ball, … Continue reading ‘High Society’ by Ian Humphreys

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