Poetry

A Selection of Three Poems by Liam Michael Stainsby

Content Warning: References of Drug Use The Graduate First written the day after graduating from Northumbria University in 2015 – revised 2021. Time slows –when light abates.Of the thousand dead –why must I remain?When I failed to witness,that...

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Poetry

A Feast Fit For a King by Ismah Ahmad

How juicy, how sweet, this tender morsel that I eat. How filling, how chewy, each bite of this fatty meat. How it screamed, How it begged. But here I am, enjoying this meaty leg, and sipping on the finest wines, and snacking on goose eggs. They said...

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Poetry

The Woeful Ballad of Invisible Girl by Ismah Ahmad

There once lived a girl with superhuman powers, But this girl did not shoot lasers or climb up towers. Instead, this girl’s blessed traits, Were that she could turn invisible, and lift heavy crates. No one could see her, No one wanted to be her. So...

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