Poetry A short poem from Judith Taylor revels in the fleeting moment of personal interactions where rude behaviour turns into a moment of shame. Blink and you’ll miss it: that fleeting moment of regret, when it dawns on Schrodinger’s Asshole that no-one’s laughing and they’re going to have to work a little on …
Poetry Gillian Shearer’s ‘ And What Is Love You Ask?’ presents memories of marriage, subverted images of love, to explore transience and existence. Is it the Happy Meal and the co-op deal the drive-by snack, the two-for-one flowers he bought from the garage lot, the cheap card with the cheesy rhyme the coffee cup he …
Poetry Fin Hall constructs the picturesque Buchan village of New Aberdour wreathed in whimsical nostalgia and a love for serenity and surprise. A mere 7 miles, give or take From our house, lies serenity. Down county, country roads Getting thinner, getting there Is the beach Silence only broken by the sound of the water As …
Poetry Reflecting upon a tasty yet unsettling meal, Margiotta depicts a point of moral uncertainty asking, what does it mean to eat an octopus? I ate an octopus eyeing the menu I’m a sucker for cephalopod, I said ha, see what I did there? and when it came an exquisite swirl of ruby limbs …
Poetry Starting with the destruction of a tree Lucy Wiggins’ poem laments the loss of the natural environment and asks us to imagine a world before. Today I saw a video of a tree getting cut down, It screamed and trashed as the ground destroyed its crown, Its rings of age exposed to the air, …
Poetry RS Kendle poetically examines the figurative and literal landscape of the north of Scotland, tracking a return home along the iconic A96. The driver scowls at my ticket, “A return to Aberdeen? You’re far from home.” I look out at the unfamiliar landscape, a mosaic of sandstone and ponderous clouds. “Yes. Yes I …
