Elizabeth Jennings explores the poisonous power of paranoia in this cold-war parable
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The Instant of My Death
Sarah Jackson makes an unexpected connection in this elusive poem about travel and change.
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Rich and Poor or, Saint and Sinner
Thomas Love Peacock exposes the unfairness of religious moralism towards the poor.
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These are the Times We Live In
Imtiaz Dharker’s poem exposes institutional xenophobia through a demeaning interaction.
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Children of Wealth
Elizabeth Daryush shows how money can’t buy happiness in this sympathetic sonnet.
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The Bus
Get your tickets and board Arun Kolatkar’s mysterious old bus for a mystical nighttime journey.
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Funeral Blues
When the world doesn’t seem to care, turn to Auden’s moving elegy.
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Away, Melancholy
When Stevie Smith gets knocked down, she gets back up again.
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