Poem of the week: ‘Phenomenal Woman’ by Maya Angelou
With Valentine’s Day and its associated anxieties just behind us, and International Women’s Day on the horizon, I find it timely to explore a poem which delves into the intertwined…
Poem of the Week: Never From Concentrate
The sun’s my favourite jewel of all. I’m jealous; the plants that take you in to breathe. That whisper underneath your feet It’s love, sure, its chemical too, Juice, never…
An Ode to Appleton Tower
“It is all too easy to be bewitched by the marvellous architecture of Edinburgh. Here is my tribute to one of its finest triumphs of engineering.” Oh Edinburgh, you citadel…
Poem of the Week: butterfly net
All of the colours and all of the quirks of winter sugared fruit and fireworks. Bury the sun beneath the earth of a garden grown to cover me in weeds…
Poem: The Open Mic
Perhaps it’s overwhelming – the open mic – With all the world and all beyond to explore. So it struck me as odd when poets and singers alike Took love…
Poem of the Week: ‘Untitled’ by Patrizia Cavalli
Patrizia Cavalli invites you to consume her poetry with these somewhat strange six verses: Someone told meof course my poemswon’t change the world. I say yes of coursemy poemswon’t change…
Poem of the week: ‘Dandelions’ by Hollie McNish
When a friend tells me they’re questioning every decision they’ve ever made and that they’re tumbling down an existential rabbit hole, rather than offer practical advice, I send them this…
Poem of the week: “Begin” by Brendan Kennelly
This academic year begins just as the Fringe Festival closes for the first time in two years. Walking around the city the week before freshers – despite there being a…