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...
SILENCE THE GUNS
BASHABI FRASER Image, Calm at Glencorse, by Vibha Pankaj Can we call for a ceasefire to silence the guns And let peace and tranquillity...
CONSCRIPTS IN OUR WAR
To mark this year's COP26 conference being held in Glasgow we are re-publishing this article on humans' use of animals during the war....
CHILDREN NOW
Image courtesy of vlaaitje, pixabay.com JANET DUBÉ Stepping into the garden before supper I was taken with its beauty: swooping swags of...
