Abolish the Police A chap at the door in the white dawn. ‘You’re late,’ says the police, who’s like me with testosterone poisoning, like eight trows in a yellow jacket, with eight telescopic batons. ‘I’m late,’ I nod, & whack the kettle on, making the steam a mask to slip…
Category: Poems


Where to publish your poetry: 5 ways to become a published poet
Are you seeking the perfect publication for your poems? Here are 5 places to get your poetry published.



‘Hum’ by Tara Skurtu (Poetry Wales 55.1)
for Indré Are you aching? The poet held my handat the edge of the world’s smallest village.Think of pain as a plane. She wanted meto forgive what I couldn’t forgive.Only the side door to the Assumptionof Mary was unlocked—she kneltat the Virgin’s painted feet and prayed,and I took pictures of a crucified Jesusin a fishbowl…


10 Unmissable Poems Free Digital Download! (Part 5 of 5)
Read the final two of our top ten unmissable poems published in Poetry Wales from the last 5 years. To celebrate 55 years of publishing poetry, every Friday for the past four weeks we’ve released two poems from the list. As our final post, we’re including a free digital downloadable edition of the full list. Click…


10 Unmissable Poems from the last 5 years (Part 4 of 5)
Read part four of our top ten unmissable poems published in Poetry Wales from the last 5 years. To celebrate 55 years of publishing poetry, every Friday we’ll be releasing two poems from the list, with our final post including a downloadable PDF edition of the poems. The ten poems in this short collection were selected…


10 Unmissable Poems from the last 5 years (Part 3 of 5)
See our third instalment of our top ten unmissable poems published in Poetry Wales from the last 5 years. To celebrate 55 years of publishing poetry, every Friday we’ll be releasing two poems from the list, with our final post including a downloadable PDF edition of the poems. The ten poems in this short collection were…


10 Unmissable Poems from the last 5 years (Part 2 of 5)
Read the second instalment of our top ten unmissable poems published in Poetry Wales from the last 5 years. To celebrate 55 years of publishing poetry, every Friday we’ll be releasing two poems from the list, with our final post including a downloadable PDF edition of the poems. The ten poems in this short collection were…


10 Unmissable Poems from the last 5 years (Part 1 of 5)
Read the first two of our top ten unmissable poems published in Poetry Wales from the last 5 years. To celebrate 55 years of publishing poetry, every Friday we’ll be releasing two poems from the list, with our final post including a downloadable PDF edition of the poems. The ten poems in this short collection were…