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#BrokenSpineReads: Poetry Review – Welcome to the Museum of a Life by Sue Finch
Sue Finch’s Welcome to the Museum of a Life is an extraordinary poetry collection that transforms the intimate moments of a life into a carefully

Close the Desert Between Us: Poetry as a Bridge Across Transformative Divides
Let’s get one thing straight: poetry isn’t here to fix you. It’s not therapy. It doesn’t hold your hand or whisper pretty lies in your

Survival Isn’t Beautiful: How The Whiskey Tree Poets Capture Resilience and Renewal
Let’s abandon the fantasy that survival is glamorous. It’s not some miraculous comeback story or a triumph to be celebrated with applause. In both nature

Faith Healer Review: Thacker’s Hauntingly Brilliant Production at The Kings Arms, Salford
The performance space at The Kings Arms is a relatively modest venue, essentially a large-ish room above a pub that’s well worth a visit in

A Glutton’s Guide to Tulsa – Exploring Tulsa’s Food Scene in a Poem by Jay Rafferty
Tulsa is a city that feeds the soul as much as the stomach, and Irish poet Jay Rafferty has captured its essence in this sumptuous

Nature Fights Back: Ecopoetry That Mauls, Screams, and Survives
Let’s drop the Hallmark card fantasies. Nature isn’t serene. It’s not here to cradle you while you write love letters to daffodils. Nature is carnivorous.
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