Rainbow, by Jane Lovell

by | Oct 6, 2022 | Issue 3 poems

Red are plums and loganberries, Bramble, port and damson jellies, Hips and haws and juicy cherries. Red is tasty. Blue are chilly winter skies, Hyacinths and jackdaws’ eyes, Kingfishers and damselflies. Blue is beauty. Green are mosses, lichens, leaves, Conker cases,...

Colour Mixing, by Louise Crosby

by | Oct 6, 2022 | Issue 3 poems

    Louise Crosby is an illustrator, poet and retired teacher. She often illustrates poems as comics and makes artbooks and zines. She is beginning to write more poetry for children. Louise has poems published in magazines and anthologies including Under the...

flowers and space, by Laura Theis

by | Oct 6, 2022 | Issue 3 poems

great uncle jo’s room in the hospice looks like a flower meadow he used to love gardening so we brought him lots of little pots of hyacinths and daffodils we dug them up from his allotment very carefully and cycled them over he says they are good company not just...

Harvest of Haiku, by Karla Wendelin

by | Oct 6, 2022 | Issue 3 poems

Tomatoes Scarlet skins pulled taut seeds swimming in sweet-sour juice ready to explode Peppers Aglow from within ruby, emerald, topaz gems of fire and spice Onions Peel away layers tissue first, then satin sheets tearful unveiling Watermelons Chunky red slush in...

Contradiction, by Joan Riordan

by | Oct 6, 2022 | Issue 3 poems

It’s not good for the driver who has someplace to be or for the critters nearby in the sewer, brook or tree. But the gasoline leaking from an unknown vehicle leaves a mural of swirling colour on my street – a roiling ocean sunset during a storm. A masterpiece.  ...