‘Mongrel Country’ by Jane Carroll
Mongrel Country by Jane Carroll The two-kilometre radius for exercise promised us a circle of more than twelve and […]
‘Tornado’ and ‘Whites and Shadows’ by Cliona O’Connell
Tornado Sultry all day, the crowds have retired to their snoring or to tearing one […]
‘in a bath with Bruce Dawe’ by Lisa Reily
in a bath with Bruce Dawe you and Iin a bath and in love,only months after we met;moved in together […]
‘On Adapting’ by Rebecca Smith
Image by Darina Davis On Adapting by Rebecca Smith When I was sixteen, my Dad fell out of a tree. […]
‘Boarders’ by Pete Mullineaux
Boarders A scuffling in the bushes. I soften my breathing and wait…until a perfect Brock face emerges from the dark—andthen […]
“Treat Every Place as the Centre”: Alice Willitts and Tony Booth Talk Extinction Rebellion
Image by Joe Cook for Varsity Life-long radical and activist Professor Tony Booth and poet Alice Willitts in conversation: how […]
‘Derry 2084: A Burial’ by Don Ó Donnacháin
Derry 2084: A Burial by Don Ó Donnacháin Jean thought she’d seen his face in the crowd. It wasn’t him. […]
‘Dodder River Haiku’ by Amanda Bell
Dodder River Haiku by Amanda Bell narrow hill road a short-horned cow glowers from the ditch reservoir spillway the scent […]
‘Priorities’ by Aoife Riach
Priorities by Aoife Riach When the tides come pounding on the glassfront office block,overwatering the potted plant till its leaves […]
‘Bones’ by Polly Waterfield
Bones by Polly Waterfield God guard me from those thoughts men thinkIn the mind alone;He who sings a lasting […]