by Danielle | Aug 14, 2026 | News
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of David Perman, journalist, broadcaster, writer, poet and publisher of Rockingham Press, and a longstanding supporter and Interviews Editor of Acumen. David had an extraordinarily varied life in words. His long...
by Danielle | Jul 18, 2026 | Guest Poems
Cartographic i.m. Dave Walker Vanished friends toss youinto altered terrain,as if some surveyorsof the heartwere hazily erasing landmarks,former features,wearily redrawingyour inner universe,the sad cartography of...
by Danielle | Jul 18, 2026 | Guest Poems
Orca A discus slicing water into two camps.Point surge tipped from abundance to scarcity,current knowledge (bound) in an oceanic history. She balances the world’s memory into yin yang black,strikes above the wave, whose day is showering blueyearns the absence of super...
by Danielle | Jul 12, 2026 | Guest Poems
My Garden I have been here far too longwith the grass growing through mesprouting up on my toes and chest,flowers adorning my hair.A bird perches on the lawnof my leg watching the beespollinate the laurel of my head.The woodlice inside my hearthave burrows through its...
by Danielle | Jul 12, 2026 | Guest Poems
Avoir du Poids Degas knew it: the weightof his hand on thick paperas he pressed down or skimmedwith a crayon. The strong armof the Repasseuse as she guides the hot ironround the seams of chemisesand blousons: the outs and insof complicated pleats. Miss La La– how the...