There’s plenty of reasons to be sad – and angry – in Gillian Clarke’s poem based on the events of the first Gulf War
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Category: Songs of Ourselves
A Different History
Language can both hurt and heal in Sujata Bhatt’s challenging poem about India’s past – and the place it could be again
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Song: Love Armed
Love really hurts in Aphra Behn’s cherubic rework
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The Capital
W.H. Auden takes us on a tour of a glittering city… and gives us a glimpse of the rot that lies beneath
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The Road
Nancy Cato races time itself – and almost wins – in this exhilarating ballad from Australia
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an afternoon nap
Arthur Yap is woken from his daily snooze by a piano lesson gone awry
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At the Bus Station
Life is fast-paced, frenetic, and chaotic in Julius Chingono’s disturbing poem.
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Touch and Go
Stevie Smith wonders whether mankind is truly alone in the world
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A Long Journey
Follow Musaemura Zimunya back up an endless river into Zimbabwe’s forgotten past
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