Caspar Bryant is a poet from West Cornwall. Caspar’s work can be found in SPAM, Alchemy Spoon, And Other Poems, Propel Magazine, Ink Sweat & Tears, and Broken Sleep’s anthology of Cornish poets, among others.
dad’s dad – Caspar Bryant
The Lyre – Ruth Stacey
Ruth Stacey’s first poetry collection Queen, Jewel, Mistress was published by Eyewear Publishing, 2015, and her second full collection, I, Ursula, was published in January 2020 by V. Press Poetry. Pamphlets include, Inheritance, published by Mothers Milk Books in 2017. A duet with Katy Wareham Morris, the collection explores 19th century experience of motherhood, contrasted with a 21st century mother’s voice. Inheritance won Best Collaborative Work at the 2018 Saboteur Awards. Three pamphlets with Knives, Forks and Spoons Press. A poetic memoir, How to Wear Grunge, was published in 2018. Viola the Virgin Queen, illustrated by Desdemona McCannon, was published in 2020, and her latest work, The Dark Room: Letters to Krista, a collaboration with the American photographer Krista Kay, was published in 2021. Stacey is currently writing an imagined memoir of the tarot artist Pamela Colman Smith, as part of her PhD study.
On white rabbits and magic tricks – Corinna Board
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Corinna Board teaches English as an additional language in Oxford. Her poetry has appeared in Spelt, Anthropocene, The Alchemy Spoon and elsewhere. Her debut pamphlet will be published this year by The Black Cat Poetry Press.
Ordinary Woman – Lisa Falshaw
Ordinary Woman
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Lisa Falshaw lives in West Yorkshire, but dreams of living in Kefalonia. She has several micro poems published in Black Bough anthologies. She has had poems placed in several competitions and won the Wakefield postcode prize in The Red Shed competition in 2021.
Last Supper – Abigail Ottley
Last Supper
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Abigail Ottley writes poetry and short fiction from Penzance, Cornwall. This year she was placed both third and Highly Commended in the Frosted Fire Pamphlet Award with two separate pamphlets. In June, she won the Wildfire Words Flash Competition. https://www.facebook.com/abigailelizabethottley/ https://www.instagram.com/abigail_elizabeth_ottley/
Miraculous – Naoise Gale
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Naoise Gale is a poet from Yorkshire. She was the winner of the Ledbury Poetry Competition 2022, and her debut pamphlet After the Flood Comes the Apologies is published with Nine Pens. Naoise is currently studying an MA at UEA.
Scots Pine – Sophia Argyris
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Sophia Argyris was born in Belgium to an English and Greek family, grew up mostly in Scotland, and now lives in England. Her work has been published in Ink Sweat & Tears, Magma, Spelt, and Under the Radar amongst others.
His Funeral – Ann Heath
His Funeral
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Ann Heath lives in York. She has been published in Aesthetica and Dreamcatcher. She previously won the local writer’s prize in the Yorkmix Poetry Competition.
Suddenly last Summer – Heather Wastie
Suddenly last Summer
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Black Country poet and musician Heather Wastie moved to Kidderminster in 2006 where she was Writer in Residence at the Museum of Carpet in 2013. She is a former Worcestershire Poet Laureate and has published eight poetry collections. Website http://wastiesspace.co.uk/ Twitter, Instagram @heatherwastie Facebook group: Wastie’s Space
Learning from a Stranger – Charles G Lauder Jr
Learning from a Stranger
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Charles G Lauder Jr grew up in Texas and has lived in south Leicestershire since 2000. He has two pamphlets Bleeds (CCC, 2012) and Camouflaged Beasts (BLER, 2017). His debut collection is The Aesthetics of Breath (V. Press, 2019): https://vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/the-aesthetics-of-breath.html His website can be found at http://www.charleslauderjr.com
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