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Lizzie Siddal in the Bath  by Emma Harding

Lizzie Siddal in the Bath
by Emma Harding

February 23, 2012
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Lizzie Siddal in the Bath My fourth drowning this week. For the first hour I float, removed to a muffled world, white tin beneath my…

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Slipping  by Elaine Ewart

Slipping
by Elaine Ewart

February 23, 2012
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Slipping She has eight days to check each morning’s haul, to claim her own. Every week, since his boat sailed up the Thames to Rotherhithe…

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On Clouds by Terry Jones

On Clouds
by Terry Jones

February 23, 2012
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On Clouds Accumulated exhalations of the oceans, future shadows, horizon’s trees, how in heaps, layers and curls of hair through thermal convection or frontal lifting…

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Early Morning Swim by Hannah Lowe

Early Morning Swim
by Hannah Lowe

February 23, 2012
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Early Morning Swim I’m too early to swim so I kill time wandering through Brixton, the moon still out over Atlantic Road, Electric Avenue. It’s…

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Solo  by River Wolton

Solo
by River Wolton

February 23, 2012
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Solo A day from home she feels as tall as the mast she lashed one roaring night, radio down, listing but alive. When the uncharted…

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A Soldier Posted to the Antarctic 1920  by Pauline Plummer

A Soldier Posted to the Antarctic 1920
by Pauline Plummer

February 23, 2012
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A Soldier Posted to the Antarctic 1920 Why does the Eskimo batman wear a jacket made from sponges? We put our wolf suits on at…

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