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Love Wounds
This trio of poems from Scarlett Kefford traces the bodily marks and impressions left behind by someone else. Read More
5 years ago
The Cake is a Lie
Kayla King portrays all of womanhood in one stormy, singing poem. Read More
6 years ago
Beneath the Mirror I Lay
Nostalgia spills from Tanisha Rao's poem on past selves and the traces they leave behind. Read More
6 years ago
Last Night
Red-wine breath and tear-stained cheeks. The events of a night are left behind as morning breaks but the impression remains, in Madeleine Accalia's poem – our opening piece for TRACE. Read More
6 years ago
‘If you ask me I will lie’ & ‘The seasons speak; sometimes I listen’
Teeter between transience and permanence with two tense poems by St. James. Read More
6 years ago
The Long Dance
Sarah Yeung steps back from the ceaseless movement of the city to consider what came before, in our Friday poem. Read More
6 years ago
Remember This
We're opening up ALWAYS with a beautiful, pensive poem by Alexandra Keirsebelik, on something to keep with you, always. Read More
6 years ago
Zenobia/Poppet
Your special Halloween treat comes in the form of two chilling, lyrical sonnets. 'Zenobia' and 'Poppet', by Kristin Garth. Read More
6 years ago
Cartwheels
Rosie Hughes's poem on all the small things that we remember from our childhood – and the bigger things that we forget. Read More
6 years ago
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