Who? by Annie Fisher

by | May 16, 2022 | Issue 2 poems

Who has one foot, but no shoe; is all goo? Who shimmies down round your feet; shines like a sucked sweet? Who leaves a silvery signature trail; is a sort of a snail? Who lays five hundred eggs every year; is the visitor gardeners fear? Who will consume every...

Blueberries, by Jérôme Luc Martin

by | Jan 12, 2022 | Issue 1 poems

Start small, if you begin at all. Blue whales begin as blueberries. The redwood trees that grow so tall start small. If you begin at all, remember that – before they squall – the snowy blizzards start as flurries. So, start small when you begin it all. Blue whales...

Assembly, by Rob Walton

by | Jan 12, 2022 | Issue 1 poems

We have an Assembly about new beginnings. I put my hand up and ask if it’s possible to have old beginnings. Miss Carson says she’s beginning to tire of my questions. Later I do my very special out-of-tune singing. Miss Carson says she can’t begin to imagine what I...

In the beginning, by Carole Bromley

by | Jan 12, 2022 | Issue 1 poems

it was just a little fib but it GREW. Nobody checked the facts, nobody knew. I don’t like telling lies but what could I do? All my friends believed me, even you, even mum and dad, my teacher, the cheetah in the zoo, the lollipop lady who helped me across and asked me...