Acumen 102 – January 2022

Acumen 102 – January 2022

Editorial Poems: Kim Waters, Billy Fenton, Regi Claire, Clifford Liles, Maggie Wadey, Robert Colman, Anne Britting Oleson, Kevin Higgins, Robbie Burton Interview with Seán Street – David Perman Poems: Hannah Linden, Lindy Newns, Huw Gwynn-Jones, Alan Zhukovski, Robert...
Abi Skeldon

Abi Skeldon

golden hour The kids are out of school, flappingtheir coats around, attempting teenagewingspan, spinning as if they would leavea trail of feathers behind them. They’re competingwith the screeching of Canadian geeseand swans who finally reclaimthe water from the...
Sidney Lawson

Sidney Lawson

Garden (for Joan Lawson) You are my opus,My valuable,My green-thumbed work. As rainbow-producingHose sprays of aquaScatter your greenery, Your beauty becomesObvious to me.When I litter little seeds — Or pull weeds from thePermeable soilIn your dominion — Or watch...
Acumen 101 – September 2021

Acumen 101 – September 2021

Editorial Poems: Michael Henry, Aviva Dautch, Dinah Livingstone, James Aitchison, Peter Sutton, Rosie Jackson, Jennifer A. McGowan Interview with Gillian Clarke – David Perman Poems: Patrick Osada, Lisa Lopresti, Jeff Phelps, Francis O’Hare, Dennis Tomlinson, Shanta...
Acumen 100 – May 2021

Acumen 100 – May 2021

Editorials  Poems: Mimi Khalvati, Michael Henry, Sergey Gerasimov, James Deahl,Bridget Thomasin, Helen Ashley, Rachael Clyne, Sue Spiers, John Arnold,Manjula Datta, Chris Woods, Patrick Osada, Malcolm Povey, TrishHarewood, James Aitchison. Interview with Patricia...