In this cold and rainy run-up to Easter weekend, we’d like to introduce you to some mothers (real, imagined, would-be, and otherwise), and the poems that lodge them….
- Facts about Leeches by Victoria Simons
- Guilty August by Sam Moe
- Her Lists by Joy Johnston
- Moving Out by Kunjana Parashar
- The Flop by John Johnson
In other news…
- Thank you to everyone who submitted work during our last submission window. Our team is busy reading and discussing, and we aim to be in touch by mid-April.
- Our Spring Short Competition for prose poems of up to 150 words on any theme will open on 1 April and close on 15 May 2024. You can find more information here.
- Our next general submission window will open from 1 June – 30 June 2024 for prose poems of up to 500 words. (There is no minimum length; shorter poems are very welcome.)
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