The Skeleton in the CupboardIn the north of Europe, on the top left hand tip of a country shaped like a butterfly, lies the Livonian coast: a quiet place with wide sandy beaches, wild forests and not very many people at all. If you decide to go there yourself and sit on the edge of a forest, you might see some little creatures moving around, smaller than the elks but bigger than the wild boar and badgers Can you spot prickly Spendthrift, desperately trying to impress her

Falling Body

my seal-grey limestone on your green slate

a new erotic interest in her oldest girlfriend

elegant and utterly distinctive

or characteristic landscapes

The issue also features new poems by Christine Marendon and Nikola Madzirov who are both appearing at the Poetry International Festival at London’s Southbank Centre

From controllers to couriers

Plucked from her life on the streets of post-apocalyptic Santo Domingo

and a glimpse of hope for all who feel eclipsed by those who came before them

of children and families brought together or torn apart

we might say

Adel Karasholi – Twelve Poems