Communion Wafer
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Louise Machen has an MA in Creative Writing from The University of Manchester. Her pamphlet, The Words of Others, is published with Hedgehog Press and her debut collection, I Am Not Light, is published with Black Bough Poetry. www.louisemachen.com Insta: @louloumachpoetry X: @LouLouMach Bluesky: louloumach.bsky.social
Ghosts of Myself
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Paul Stephenson’s debut collection is Hard Drive (Carcanet, 2023), shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award and Polari Book Prize. His last pamphlet was Selfie with Waterlilies (Paper Swans Press, 2017). He recently co-edited the ‘Ownership’ (92) issue of Magma Poetry.
The Tree Surgeon Tries To Put Me Off
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Lisa Kelly’s second collection, The House of the Interpreter (Carcanet), was a PBS Summer 2023 Recommendation. She was shortlisted for the 2024 Forward Prizes for Poetry for Best Single Poem – Written.
Grandpa’s Bomb
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Rachael Clyne is a retired psychotherapist. Her first collection Singing at the Bone Tree (Indigo Dreams) concerns eco-issues. Her latest collection, ‘You’ll Never Anyone Else’, (Seren Books) explores themes of identity and otherness including, migrant heritage, LGBTQ and relationships. @rachaelclyne.bsky.social rachaelclyne.substack
Electric Fences Mock Me
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Sue Finch is the author of Magnifying Glass, Welcome to the Museum of a Life, and Vortex Over Wave. She loves the coast, peculiar things, and the scent of ice-cream freezers. bsky: @suefinch.bsky.social X: @soopoftheday suefinch.co.uk
Red Swim
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Sarah Mnatzaganian is an Anglo Armenian poet. Her award-winning Lemonade in the Armenian Quarter inspired a song cycle by Noah Max. Poems have appeared in PN Review, The Rialto, Poetry Wales, Poetry Ireland Review, The North, and Poetry Archive Now!
He kneels at her feet
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Fokkina McDonnell’s poems have been widely anthologised and published online and in print. She has three collections and a pamphlet. Fokkina received a Northern Writers’ Award from New Writing North in 2020. She now lives in The Netherlands. Facebook -fokkinamcdonnell X -@FokkinaM Substack – @fokkinadutch
Bedtime stories
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Ben Blench writes poems, hymns, and incantations about life and love. He has been published by Broken Sleep, Full House, Iamb, and Visual Verse. He lives in Amsterdam and mostly just wants to go back to bed. Bluesky: @benblench.bsky.social
Home is where the food is
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Finola Scott writes trying to unravel and understand the world and herself. Sometimes she succeeds. Trembling Earth, her latest pamphlet considers the Climate Crisis. Her widely published poems gain competition success. Find her in The Irish Pages Press, NWS, Lighthouse. FB Finola Scott Poems and https: www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/finola-scott
Downsizing
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Lisa Kelly’s second collection, The House of the Interpreter (Carcanet), was a PBS Summer 2023 Recommendation. She was shortlisted for the 2024 Forward Prizes for Poetry for Best Single Poem – Written.
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