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16 years strong
A poem is a response to a portrait Chris Girven’s friend drew of them, illustrating he safety and harmony of an enduring friendship, and how beautiful you can feel through the eyes of someone you love.
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Laocoön is writhing
Step into the shoes of Cassandra and watch the party before the fall, even as Troy begins to burn.
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Inside you are wild horses and the men of Thrace
After William Francis Calderon, On the Sea-Beat Coast, Where Hardy Thracians Tame the Savage Horse, 1905. i.i bound until my ribs cracked like semicolons. until my chest caved in.i fell off the horse and broke my neck.pain has channelled a new, wet cave in the cliffside of my body.aspiration chambers—heaving, franticalveoli with all their rushing…
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Painting in Squares for Dora Maar
‘The Weeping Woman’ is a painting by Pablo Picasso of his then partner, Dora Maar. Dora Maar was an innovator in photomontage and surrealism. Dora experienced domestic violence at the hands of Picasso, and history has typically only remembered her as his muse. In this poem, Ted Greensmith-West writes for Dora, an artist and innovator…
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Get in Nietzsche
‘Get in Nietzsche’ is a poem from Mary Craigg that bends the idea from FRAMED! to look at the ‘art’ of nihilism (with a touch of irony).
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Vincent
In the middle of the exhibition Edwin realised that they, and the artist, shared a connection. Standing at the Olive Grove, Edwin’s emotions took over – regarding the beauty of the thick brush strokes, and the sadness imbued.
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Group painting
A competitive nature and frustration with falling behind leap onto the canvas of this new poem from Chris White.
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Daddy Issues Have Never Looked So Good in ‘Losing Face’ — A Response
Jake Tabata gets stuck in a time loop of race, sexuality, love and fatherhood in his review of Nathan Joe’s new theatre show ‘Losing Face’.
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Reasons to stop believing in gender
Laying eggs on a cliff is a perilous endeavour and so is believing in gender.
In a dream, you saw a way to survive, and you were filled with joy.
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