Issue 56

‘On A Tiger Safari in Ranthambore National Park’ and Other Poems

Editor's Note There is much to say about Urvashi Bahuguna’s work but today I want…

‘Eagle Rays’ and Other Poems

Editor's Note Tim Tomlinson’s suite of linked poems on the vast and complex underwater world…

‘The Body of God’ and Other Poems

Editor's Note Shannon Lise’s poems are bursting with image and music. Each poem in this…

‘Loose Women’ and Other Poems

Editor's Note In this set of poems by Ravneet Bawa, the ordinary of everyday life…

‘Bilkis’ and Other Poems

Editor's Note Humbug-spotter, druggie and celebrated American writer William S Burroughs famously asserted, “Artists to…

‘Cul de Sac’ and Other Poems

Editor's Note Mikela Bjork employs language with precision and practiced deftness to present an easy-to-cliché…

‘these are things that are. such as
these, these and these’ and Other Poems

Editor's Note I had an interesting kind of trouble while writing this note. I could…

‘Guadalupe’s First-Year Law School Tumbao’ and Other Poems

Editor's Note In his essay “Responsibilities of the Poet”, Robert Pinsky talks about the responsibility…

‘Good morning, I woke up first’ and Other Poems

Editor's Note It is difficult to do love poems well. But when I read the…