I am thrilled to see one of poems feature in this anthology: https://hybriddreich.co.uk/the-joy-of-living/ Here is the poem: Pinch of...

an atom like no other between soft rock and a hard carbon form, we applaud its deft touches and its vital essence. We cheer the normal...

We are turtle doves, standing on the Arc. We can hear clocks, spun from the Sacred Heart. We see the lattice, an iron arrow. We fleck the...

One of my responses to recent events: Stannous That heart is not sturdy It is mannose on a hot plate, burning with plain madness That...

The lifted smiles blown out of you. The burning bore, guilty and sore. The new tightness, as old as Hell. The brave faces, new, and...

My new poem has appeared in Consilience! Thanks guys.... https://www.consilience-journal.com/issue-9-emergence-of-alcohols Stephen

[A tautogram is an extreme form of alliteration in which all of the words in a sentence or phrase begin with the same letter]. pH 0.8...

Shakespeare referred to talking trees in As You Like It, where there are 'tongues in trees' (II. 1.16) - Between soils and skies, trees...

More abecedarian fun! - a resin from pines brittle at home with chairs and cool contexts dear mix of acids ease into varnish faint pine...

Paul Brookes interviewed me! https://thewombwellrainbow.com/2022/06/09/wombwell-rainbow-interviews-stephen-paul-wren/

Daddy long legs, press on ahead now. Skip. Made of sheets, rice ones with free, spitfire wings. Here comes light, roaring with young...

I loved reading my poems ‘backbone’, ‘chaparrals of evergreen’, and ‘the stagnasomes’ at Kathleen McPhilemy‘s Oxford Stanza meeting this...

Here is a dementia-related poem: The chimp and the near-chimp His head is not a man cave. It is far more. In this burrow, treaties are...

Thanks agape review for publishing this new poem: https://agapereview.com/2022/05/17/soulshaper/

The water never stops changing Glass on glass Slips of time catch so that the sound of the water moves me Gentle slops beneath boats...

Shingles and grits were true obstacles that we met They took the form of disease with a smiling cheek They caused distress and pulled...

Joy of orbits you make Earth tilt and bake the sun do not depart stay in...

More of a commentary than a review...Sarah Watkinson's new collection is a must read! Photovoltaic (Sarah Watkinson) Graft Poetry 2021...