Poetry

The poems are reproduced here in PNG format, exactly as they were in the magazine (with page numbers). This is because in many cases the poets have asked for their work to be formatted in a specific way. Apologies you may have for any difficulties in reading.

The poets are presented in alphabetical order.

 Ed Ahern resumed writing after forty odd years in foreign intelligence and international sales. He’s had over 450 stories and poems published so far, and ten books. Ed works the other side of writing at Bewildering Stories where he manages a posse of eight review editors, and as lead editor at Scribes Microfiction.

He's on Twitter here.

He's on Facebook here.

He's on Instagram here.

Read Storytelling and The Yard here.

R.Ben Beach is a poet and educator from Austin, Texas, currently living and working in Shanghai, China. His work has appeared in di-vêrsé-city, The Rio Review, OBSOLETE! Magazine, and miniMAG. He can be found online at rbenbeach.com. 

Read Diffusion here.

Steve Denehan lives in Kildare, Ireland with his wife Eimear and daughter Robin. He is the author of two chapbooks and five poetry collections. Winner of the Anthony Cronin Poetry Award and twice winner of Irish Times' New Irish Writing, his numerous publication credits include Poetry Ireland Review and Westerly.'

Read his poems here.

Kristina Erny (she/her) is a third-culture poet who grew up in South Korea. She is the author of Elijah Fed by Ravens (Solum Literary Press, 2023) and holds an MFA from the University of Arizona. Her poems have appeared in Southern Humanities Review, The Los Angeles Review, Yemassee, Blackbird, Tupelo Quarterly, Rattle, and elsewhere. She teaches high schoolers literature, creative writing, and drama in Shanghai, China. You can find more of her work at https://www.kristinaerny.com

Read Autobiography here.

Ewen  Glass (he/him) is a Northern Irish poet who lives in England with two  dogs, a tortoise and lots of self-doubt; on a given day, any or all of  these can be snapping at his heels. His work has appeared or is  forthcoming in HAD, Bridge Eight, Poetry Scotland, Gordon Square Review  and elsewhere. On socials (and in real life) he is pretty much ewenglass everywhere. 

Read A Cold, Wet Tuesday Night In... here

 Julie Irigaray is a French Basque poet living in Birmingham and the author of the poetry pamphlet 'Whalers, Witches and Gauchos' (Nine Pens, 2021). Sixty of her poems have appeared across the world (Ireland, UK, Italy, US, Canada, Mexico, South Korea and Singapore) in The Rialto, Ambit, Magma, and Poetry Wales. She was commended in the 2020 Ambit Magazine Poetry Prize; shortlisted for The White Review Poet’s Prize 2019 and selected as one of the 50 Best New British and Irish Poets 2018 (Eyewear Publishing), among other prizes. 

Read her poems here.

Emma Murf is a poet and humorist living in Madrid. Her work has been published in The Shore, Points in Case, Same Faces Collective, Slackjaw, Liminal Press, The Belladonna and others. Her poetry often explores the curiosity of the mundane. But her first poem, at eight years old, explored listing her brother on eBay. You can find her at www.emmamurf.com/writing or on Instagram at @emma_murf.

Read Ryanair here.

 Paul Stephenson / paulstep.com / @stephenson_pj / insta: paulstep456 / 

'Hard Drive' is my debut collection from Carcanet published in June 2023 and it's available here. 

Read Post-Truth Granada here.