SUSTAIN – EDWARD LANDER
HE ARRANGED to meet the guy in a café off the high street. John looked for anyone with an expectant glance. Minutes later a tall, bulky man in a zipped cardigan and branded jeans came over with a mug of coffee. “You John?” he said. “Steve. Nice to meet you.” […]
FREEDOM – E. R. MURRAY
‘Freedom lies in the colour green,’ you say. I’m wearing my red coat to impress but if you notice, you don’t say. Freedom. Equals. Green. Obvious as grass and just as […]
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS GENEVIEVE CARVER
On Thursday 6th August, Genevieve joined us as special guest poet at our fifth virtual Fire & Dust gig. She performed an excellent headline set; people in the audience praised her words as “inspiring” and “spellbinding”, with “amazing movement of imagery”. We caught up with Genevieve after the gig, to ask a few questions…
WE MAY BE DAFT – JANET HOWCROFT
We’re hitching in Brittany, trying to get to Cherbourg for the midday ferry. It’s already ten o’clock and after two hours we’ve only travelled thirty kilometres. Our second lift, a Renault, stops to let us out then turns off to a village. ‘This is a disaster,’ says Lynne. […]
THE GREENING – JACOBY HAYWARD
It stole in leaf by leaf / Spring overspreading / Dust mote pollen virus, / In through doors and windows / Eyes and nostrils. / The least active went […]
FOXES IN THE WILD – JESSICA HARTSHORN
With a fun and colourful flavour, Jessica’s Illustrations focus very much on nature and wildlife. Her love of pattern shines through and is incorporated into the story telling of her illustrations. Using a mixture of acrylic, posca pens, and […]
THE RELATIONS OF GREEN – MARY COURTNEY
Green is related to… / Aunty Eileen from Clouncuneen / Who came over to Coventry in ’53. / To the old settee eating crackers and cheese / To the Cofa tree and the coffee beans / To the wheel of the cart and the carton of cream […]
CAN – AKHIM ALEXIS
Can you feel the air from / my lungs dance on your / feet when I sigh. Can this / sigh create enough release / for my chest not to feel / constricted by your disappointing / attempts to clarify or categorize […]
FEATHERS – WES TERN
“An astronaut?” “Sure.” “Can I be President?” “Not only can you,” his mother said. “I think you should be President. You’d make a splendid one. I’m sure of it.” “What about a peacock?” the little crow said. […]
STOP, GO – WILLIAM HARRIS
An impatient Claire Hulme swore loudly as her car came to a stop. Trapped behind a lorry behind roadworks, and the clinic just round the corner. ‘It’d be quicker to get out and walk from here’, she said to no one, checking […]