I have dedicated myself to my beard, To society’s furious, futile frustration. I will not bow, I will not be sheared. My clean shaven reputation, forever smeared, And you may put me to the rack of degradation, But I will not bow, I will not be sheared. My dark, dense defiance should surely…
Poetry
UNLOAD PROMPTLY by Seb Charlton
Upon arriving at university, never have I encountered such complexity, as washing my clothes. How does one confidently say if light grey is washed with white or darks? I’m just not cut out for this lark. As I approach the machine, it’s quite obscene, and my hands start to sweat. I’ve never read good housekeeping…
Students teach poetry to Stoke Park pupils
The Girl at the Bus Stop
“The Girl at the Bus Stop” – Original Poem by Emily Steainstreet – Performed by Lauren Sheraton
Press Announcement – Fred Holland Poetry Award
Image: (L-R): David Smith of the Frederick Holland Trust; competition winner Raef Boylan; English and Creative writing course director Alyson Morris; and senior lecturer in English and Creative Writing Tim Kelly. Student’s prize winning poetry captures Coventry’s essence English and Creative Writing student, Raef Boylan, has won the inaugural Fred Holland Poetry Collection Award, named…
It’s Mine by Lydia Otubanjo
– Does the soft blend of primary colours scattered across my body, frustrate you to assume a frantic dark and light shadow occurs in my past. Why? – Do the curls seated below my eyelids offend you, that you render them unnatural with your cosmetic praise and implied imitation. Why? – Does the length of…
Award-winning Poetry Collection by Raef Boylan
This is the award-winning poetry collection from the Fred Holland Poetry Collection Award 2014, including Catherdral Lanes at 19.30 on a Sunday, Letter to My Home Town, Postponement and ‘Coventriert’.