

CULTIVATION
By Simon Berry CULTIVATION Image by Penelope 333, pixabay Zemledeliye it means cultivation or just growing things Zemledeliye it’s...


THE BLIND BOY TEACHER OF YEMEN
MAIRI JACK Image by Warburcu Yildizhan Sager, Pexels Dark deep beneath twisted iron rods and black-burnt concrete rubble the little green...


THE CITIZENS OF NOWHERE
JIM AITKEN ‘…if you believe you’re a citizen of the world, you’re a citizen of nowhere.’ PM Theresa May at Conservative Party Conference,...


WHEESHT by David Betteridge
Image by Bob Starrett Sleeping, and waking, and in the twilight states between, I hear the world’s new Herods incessantly give voice....


MY EYES SPEAK
Anne Dunford Look at me look at my eyes what do you see? I am strong I won’t give up hope all Afghan women must have hope we want our...


THE UNIVERSAL SOLDIER
KRISS NICHOL “In the hospitality of war we left them their dead to remember us by” – Archilochus your black-booted heart corrupts...


TWO NEW POEMS FOR UKRAINE
Image by ahmadreza heidaripoor, https://pixabay.com/ CHARLIE GRACIE No need to ask No need to ask if they’re just like us, the...


WHERE I LIVE
MORELLE SMITH Image courtesy of Pixabay Where I Live (March 14, 2022) These days are loud as wooden cartwheels over cobbles, over rutted...


TWO SEAS
By Lesley Morrison Image: solenedesjardins, www.pixabay.com The sea is calm and beautiful and soothing. It stretches out to the horizon,...


SYRIA SUITE, The Story of a Friendship
By CLARE PHILLIPS Through volunteering with Dumfries and Galloway’s Refugee Resettlement project, Clare Phillips befriended a Syrian...