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News Poetry: The way they held each other

The way they held each other   in rows of cots and mattresses on the floor of cavernous arenas, the way an old man rested his gnarled hand on...

News Poem: ‘Birds of the Flood’

In the morning, the dog puked after lapping from a puddle. / He refused a bowl from the tap as if he knew better.

News Poem: ‘A Pathetic Fallacy’

The weathermen say they won’t / name hurricanes after ladies anymore ...