Bored of My Little Ponies, – Jeanette Burton

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Bored of My Little Ponies,

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Jeanette Burton is a poet from Belper in Derbyshire. Her poetry has previously appeared in Mslexia, Poetry Wales, The North, The Friday Poem, Dust, Atrium, IS&T and Dreich. She has been placed in several competitions, winning first prize in McLellan (2021), Ware (2022) and Poets, Prattlers and Pandemonialists (2023). Her debut pamphlet, Ostriches: Ten Poems about My Dad, is published by Candlestick Press. https://www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/ostriches-ten-poems-about-my-dad/

Ghost Singer – Catherine Graham

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Ghost Singer

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Catherine Graham’s the author of ten books. Her poems have appeared in Best Canadian Poetry, Poetry Ireland Review, Poetry Daily, Gutter Magazine and on CBC Radio. Moon Writing is her latest book. A collection inspired by Remedios Varo is forthcoming. www.catherinegraham.com @catgrahampoet

Balcony women – Alison Campbell

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Balcony women

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Note: More female suicides in Turkey are now reported as being balcony killings – less easy to detect – as many as one in four hidden femicides disguised as suicides. The Guardian 31.1.26

Alison Campbell, from Aberdeen, lives in London and has poetry published in various publications including London Grip, Culture Matters, Indigo Dreams. She was highly commended in the Ware poetry competition, 2024 and won the South Downs poetry competition in 2023.

Fuck/ this hair – Lynn Valentine

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Fuck/ this hair

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Lynn Valentine lives in the Black Isle. Her second poetry collection, Devil’s Piece, was published by Cinnamon Press in 2026. Lynn’s debut poetry collection, Life’s Stink and Honey, was published by Cinnamon Press in 2022 after winning their literature award.

Alice I Love You – Claire Booker

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Alice I Love You

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Claire Booker lives by the South Downs. Her poems  have appeared in publications including Agenda, Magma, Rialto, Spectator and Stand. She is a five-times winner of The Poetry Society Members’ Competition and was long-listed in the National Poetry Competition.

Milk – Jean Atkin

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Milk

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Jean Atkin’s third full poetry collection ‘High Nowhere’ (IDP, 2023) was nominated for the 2024 Laurel Prize and Coast to Coast to Coast published her winning Individual Poet Journal in 2025. Her poetry has won competitions, been commissioned, anthologised, and featured on BBC Radio 4. Since 2010 Jean has worked as a poet in education and community.