Borders: a suite
“…a beach boat’s carcass/ rests among the reeds/ holding a few breaths…” Poem of the Week (22 September), by Daniel Voskoboynik.
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Deeply
“In the middle of the night I woke/ To no more voices no more laughter/ Only sky lanterns…” Weekend poem, by Manuel Bandeira. Translated from Portuguese by the 2015 City University Literary Translation Summer School.
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In the Footsteps of the Prince
“The Glasgow groups were always the hardest work. You couldn’t tell them anything. They thought they knew everything.” Story of the Week (September 18), by David McVey.
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Interstice
“We did not know/ That power does not grow/ From the barrel of a clenched fist…” Poem of the Week (September 15), by George Goddard.
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Lover’s Discourse – an exhibition in five rooms
“…a collection of things etc that could but won’t express themselves, including: a tiny tin bell without a clapper; a sickly animal that pretends to be healthy…” Weekend Poem, by Neele Dellschaft.
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Let Me Go
“All of a sudden the machines start going mad. I see his large frame shaking uncontrollably and I shout for the nurse.” Story of the Week (September 11), by Nadia Kabir Barb.
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Eucalyptus in Rain
“…your hands on my freshly painted door/ They smell of this poem, which they call beautiful…” Poem of the Week (September 8), by Arup K. Chatterjee.
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Raiding Party
“…I miss the old days,/ Now it’s all crowds at airports, refugee camps;// The world decamped,/ With nowhere to go.” Weekend Poem, by Jeremy Wikeley.
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Safe Travels to Unhappy Places
“When it got unbearable I went to the mountains to look for drama.” Story of the Week (September 4), by Zain Saeed.
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Lahore
“So hurry, dye those duppatas, dot those elegant paisleys,/ So place those fraying jasmine wreathes/ round delicate wrists…” Poem of the Week (September 2), by Rakhshan Rizwan.
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