Edition Eleven: Bust
Introduction
So, the economy, huh? It’s pretty bad. But hey, we’ve had a great idea – to kickstart spending (well, maybe) and cheer everyone up, we invited some brilliant young writers to versify the recession and let us know what creative juices can be extracted from the theme of BUST. Of course, as always we encouraged alternative interpretations of the theme as well, and welcomed submissions that ignored it altogether. The result is a slightly delayed issue of Pomegranate (we blame the volcano!) that takes in freight trains, puppets, swimming, and politics. While Pomegranate is not going to take an official stance on the UK General Election coming up on May 6th, our poets (and satirists – well, mostly Dan Hitchens) have decided they’re more than happy to take you through it in their own individual ways. Poetry and politics have always been close, and this issue of Pom helps to keep it that way.
This means we’re now accepting submissions for our bumper summer issue. The theme for that one will be ICE, so take a visit to somewhere cold, drape yourselves in bling, or pour out a scotch on the rocks. Whatever takes your fancy. But whatever you do, put it into poem form and send it our way!
In the meantime, dive in and enjoy. And don’t worry: we’re not going bust any time soon.
In this edition:
A. Erwin – Relica; Stages of Decay
Alex Gabriel – Gustave Courbet paints the Virgin
Cara Brennan – Freight Train
Chris Marr – The Visitor
Daniel Payne – l’Inconnue de la Seine
Edward Sibley – Dream of a Plumb Line
Hannah Tuson – The Routine
J. M. Conrad – Breaststroke
James Coghill – Pinnochio
Joe Dresner – God
Josh Turner – Harbour
Mohsen – Biking
Sarah Chapman – An Account
David Tait – Ayuthaya
Phil Brown – Taba
General Election 2010: The Poets Speak by Daniel Hitchens
Public-Private Partnerships by Callan Davies
The Desire to Identify by Richard O’Brien
Artwork Credit
The first image is by David Andrews and the second is by Sam Russell.