Skeleton Architecture

I seem to have been super busy lately, and I'm only just getting the feeling I'm catching up on myself, not that I'll ever get the to-do list finished, but lately I've been wondering if we can't just burn the second page of it. Brexit is still happening, we now have a prime minister my daughter calls Bobby Jobby, and women of colour on the BBC are getting grief for calling Donald Trump racist. FFS. I saw this quote from the previous American laureate Tracy K Smith in The Rialto. She finished her term this year and has been replaced by Joy Harjo. If you agree with her that poetry is a necessary remedy to the darkness you're in, here are some open windows to hurl your poetic light through... The Poetry Village  - they're lovely people, whose imprint, Maytree Press, will be publishing my first chapbook next year!!! They publish two poems a week online, plus gorgeous art. Their window is currently always open. Southlight  - based in the South of Sco...

If ever there was a time that we needed dreams and visions to help us lay the foundations for our changing future it's now! The politicians are not doing enough for the climate emergency we're facing (big up to Scotland for doing more than some, but it's still not enough). The far right are being given power by the electorate, as if they had legitimate opinions or something, but hooray for the greens and lefties making gains too. The Great Bloviator, Donald Trump has been invited  to visit our shores where he's stirring his hateful pot, and slagging off Meghan Markle. Rude. Let us hope the Queen's brooch game is strong, or perhaps she'll just wear a 'Nasty Woman' badge ( here's a rather lovely one )? So, in the face of this, if your poetry game is strong, or if you just want to push yourself to get your poetry out there  here are just some of the submission windows for poetry that are currently open: Magazines: Spitball Magazine - NEW ...