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‘The Red Shoes’ by Joanne Key

The Red Shoes (for Karen) Dead on my feet, I watched those shoes flounce through the churchyard, dance on your grave, all vamp and platform. Flashes of red infected the corner of my eye as they tiptoed over my face. As I tried to sleep, I heard them clacking away the early hours like drunks stumbling on the cobbled streets. With nobody left to stand … Continue reading ‘The Red Shoes’ by Joanne Key

Josephine CorcoranOctober 11, 2016
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Two poems by Jo Bell

Kith A word made scant by frequent use. I like it for its urgency and spit, for its necessity. I like it for its oldness, for its slingshot certainty. I like it for its plainness; for belonging to the Northern tongue behind my teeth. I like it for its fighting talk. The known. The tribe. Something I can recognise: something that recognises me. I am … Continue reading Two poems by Jo Bell

Josephine CorcoranApril 24, 2015

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