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.
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