Poetry: Kevin Higgins
Presidential When you finish reading this poem, you’ll remember only the Black Forest Gateaux I…
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A Background in Science
Most Saturdays they stood outside the GPO in Dublin. People holding signs bearing slogans both…
Poetry – Kevin Higgins
Tribute Acts Each witch hunt is a tribute act to the last. There is always…
Jerry’s Dead
By the time I got to Lenny’s place he was pacing up and down out…
Poetry – Luke Stromberg
The First Obscenity Before we turned our eyes from nudity, Or banished certain words, death…
Poetry – Kevin Higgins
The Joke after Walter Benjamin A barrel of industrial waste poured into a suit donated…
Poetry: Ernest Hilbert
Spolia Opima Models, slender and famished as cheetahs, Shed their imperial haute couture— Already in…
Poetry: Mischa Willett
Medea’s Hymn from Ovid O guardian of the dark, keeper of creeping shadows, o night…
Tina
“Rrruth…Ruuuth…Ruthhh…Are you ok?” Her voice echoed, in ripples, wave after wave. Outside an open window,…
Homage to Henry Kissinger
When Henry Kissinger again fails to die Another tree in the Central Highlands loses all…
Talking Through Your Chin-Box 3.2
Gasping for a hit, Carl made himself a fresh cup of coffee. But big-nosed and…
Poetry – Haley Hodges
Make of me, too, a microcosm Make of me, too, a microcosm— Merger, marry, manifest…
Candidate for the Roberts Prize
It was an honour to be elected. I was on the faculty at Inchfield, and…
Poetry – Kevin Higgins
After Recent Unfortunate Results Next election onwards, there’ll be a second vote for those who…
Poetry – Oliver Tickell
Five Poems trampled, rain-sodden the leaves brown, green, yellow and a crimson gilded wings flapping…
How Can Something So Wrong, Feel So Captain Sensible?
Stone Roses turned the stereo up a few notches, saying to to her sister, ‘That’ll…
SIDE EFFECT
SIDE EFFECT So few cars on our Manhattan street Pigeons leaving nests that swirl between…
The Musical Duel of Apollo and Pan
Pan’s Song Your rule has lapsed Apollo, all narrative is dead, You said true form…