It was a great pleasure to read some poems from Permanence (published by Atomic Bohemian) at the Greenwich poetry group’s online meeting last night. Thanks to my co-author Lesley Curwen for setting this up and inviting me. The group asked several really interesting questions. Best wishes to you all, Stephen

Marsquake Ah, plates are scraping against each other. I guess the rock is molten in places. Isn’t the red crust beautiful? Hang on. Mars is shaking, or is that Earth probe bust? Stephen Paul Wren

Hi - My thanks goes to Samantha Terrell for publishing this: https://samanthaterrell.weebly.com/shine-poetry-series/sept18-stephen-paul-w...

Here, invisible pollen is scratchy. Tissue strips around my nose are affected.   I walk the dog in histamine’s shadow. By fields that are...

With great pleasure, I am attaching the 2nd Molecules Unlimited Poetry Anthology here. Congrats to all our contributors!! _ Stephen

Hi All, Please join me on Wednesday December 10th 2025 between 7 & 830pm GMT online (link & further details to be circulated nearer the...

I will return to the Stockholm ship and do my bit to protect it (and I will recall that I emit 75 watts of body heat). I will keep in...

Chuckling at your double refraction of light, I admire your rhombohedral habit. Your clothes.   Your scarlet red spanks. Like the inner...

Red Handed [Broken Sleep Books, 2024] This first collection of poems from JLM Morton touches on a variety of subjects. These include...

Pectin held my life together  Like in the gelled rims of apples. Polysaccharide sweet, my spur In bitter months, my fruit crumbles...

Hi Friends, Do you fancy having a poem included in our second pdf anthology? Please email me at stephenwren62@gmail.com  by Sunday June...

The Colour of Rain  by Susan Utting (Two Rivers Press, 2024)   In four book sections, like the four seasons, Utting shares poems that...

Reminded of something  (by Robin Thomas. Cinnamon Press ,  2023 )   These poems explore a wide range of subjects using a variety of...

Hi All, Please join me on Wed June 11th 2025 between 7 & 830pm GMT online (link & further details to be circulated nearer the time) for...

The Snow Globe Jenny Pagdin  (Nine Arches Press 2024)   These poems speak to the author’s experience of postpartum psychosis, a traumatic...

Hi All, Here is the order of events for Wednesday 12th March (7pm GMT start - to finish by 8pm): Welcome : Stephen Paul Wren 2nd...

Thanks to Ice Floe Press for publishing this sequence: https://icefloepress.net/2025/03/03/a-runners-lament-a-poem-suite-stephen-paul-wre...

Ice :  The process of crystallising water into a sheet that looks like me is fascinating. The universe apart from ice : There is scope to...

Here is the recording for part 1 of the recent Molecules Unlimited BOTANY meeting: https://youtu.be/Nvv1oqpLFdo Thanks to Lisa Kiew and...