Let them eat tennis balls
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Paul Stephenson’s debut collection ‘Hard Drive’ was published by Carcanet in summer 2023 and was shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize.
Let them eat tennis balls – Paul Stephenson
Month: April 2025
A Couple of Sundays – Kymm Coveney
A Couple of Sundays
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Kymm Coveney was born in Boston (Massachusetts) and has lived in Spain since the 1982 World Cup. A freelance writer and translator, her poems have been published in The Interpreter’s House, Prole, Under the Radar, and Ink Sweat & Tears. BetterLies @KymmInBarcelona Insta
Constantly unusual – Abigail Flint
Constantly unusual
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Abigail Flint is a researcher and poet from South Yorkshire. Her poems have been published in research project outputs and in a range of magazines including Under the Radar, Ink Sweat and Tears, Interpreter’s House, Popshot Quarterly, Reliquiae, Spelt, and Atrium. Find her on X at @DrAFlint
The House is Not Where It Used to Be – Jessamine O’Connor
The House is Not Where It Used to Be
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Jessamine O’Connor lives on the Sligo Roscommon. Her collection ‘Silver Spoon’ is published by Salmon Poetry, she has chapbooks with Nine Pens Press and the Black Light Engine Room press, and is an editor with Drunk Muse Press.
Footprints – Jill Abram
Footprints
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Poet, producer and presenter, Jill Abram is autistic, has Jewish heritage and lives with fibromyalgia. She grew up in Manchester, travelled the world and now lives in Brixton. Her debut pamphlet, Forgetting My Father, is published by Broken Sleep Books.
Sycamore’s Prayer – Sarah Doyle
Sycamore’s Prayer
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Sarah Doyle is the Pre-Raphaelite Society’s Poet-in-Residence. She is widely published and has won several poetry competitions, being placed in many more. Sarah’s second pamphlet, (m)othersongs, was published by V. Press in 2023. More at: sarahdoyle.co.uk
Journey – D.A. Prince
Journey
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D.A. Prince lives in Leicestershire and London. Her second full-length collection (Common Ground, HappenStance, 2014) won the East Midlands Book Award 2015. Her third collection, The Bigger Picture (also from HappenStance) was published in 2022.
On Collecting Every Whisker Lost by Every Cat in the World – Laura Strickland
On Collecting Every Whisker Lost by Every Cat in the World
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Laura Strickland is a carer from Yorkshire. Her work has appeared in The North, Ink, Sweat and Tears, Dreamcatcher, Northern Gravy, Strix, The Frogmore Papers and Butcher’s Dog. She was longlisted in the National Poetry Competition 2023.
Sweetheart, You’re A Pirate Now – Suzanna Fitzpatrick
Sweetheart, You’re A Pirate Now
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Suzanna Fitzpatrick (she/her) is a bisexual poet with poems on Radio 4 and widely published in magazines and anthologies in the UK, US, Ireland and Canada. Her pamphlets are Fledglings (2016), and Crippled (due 2025) (both Red Squirrel Press, UK).
atriumpoetry.com 