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Rosin

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

Wombwell Rainbow interview

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

Preoccupation

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

Open mic reading 30.05.22

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

Penrose

The chimp and the near-chimp

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...

Soulshaper

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

Venezia

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...

Gravels

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

Bad blood

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

Commentary on Photovoltaic

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

Formulations launch recording

In case you missed it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZA0upoJG0M (just copy the above into your browser) Enjoy!

A tribute to Marlborough

a native is drawn back to native gold caches in pastures down in the deep gap enclosed by perfume films of lit sap green glow in sepia...

Openness

Theirs is a great Openness. A space of generosity. They always walk the talk. My parents and their open fields. The openness of their...

Book Review (Carbon)

Carbon (Elisabeth Kelly) I loved this book published by Hedgehog Poetry Press in January of this year. The author touches on important...

Unfluctuating

On my morning run today, the following poem entered my head. The lines in bold are an anagram of the lines that are not in bold! -- Bile...

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