Melanie Leong - One Poem
A Linear Narrative of a SituationThere’s an on-going exhibition inside the fridge,        "The well-preservedagainst the decaying process."I close the door.At dawn, you undress me.Carefully, slowly,perhaps even with a tint of affect(at)ion.You shed my skin, layer after layer.The bra is always the trickiest part,rebelling against your dumb fingers.I asked you to recite the alphabets,from a to z.Halt -I miss the obtrusive silence.I think, you’re too logocentric for my liki

Recent News...
- Tonight is unofficially London poetry night: Carcanet are hosting a triple launch with poets Jeremy Over, Richard Price and Matthew Welton, 18.30-20.30 at The Horse Hospital, Collonade, Bloomsbury.- Also, the Shearsman Reading Series continues with two fantastic poets, Giles Goodland and Frances Presley, 19.30, Swedenborg Hall, Swedenborg House, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way, WC1A 2TH. Other stuff happening tonight, but didn't look quite as exciting. If anyone gets down there and wants to do us a write up, would be most kind.

Sharlene Teo - One Poem
“That summer, at home I had become the invisible boy"That year I could stayin my room for hours.I would lie in bedstaring at the ceiling,shell-shocked by a kind ofelegant blankness.I’d seen this brand ofblankness in moviesbefore, curled aroundthe barrel of a longshot. Leading man takeslady’s hands.Clinically tender, he turns themover like old coins,as if searching for the rareness,the responding warmth whichshould rise like a clear note,a sigh, soft steam from abroth. Outside the diner,bombs go off.…My father forgot to go

David Devanny - kazimir malevich - white on white
[breathe in][breathe out][breathe in][breathe out][allow your breath to come to a natural pace][as you next breathe in - focus on the air moving past the tip of your nose][do not follow the air - just feel it pass by this point – and later feel the air pass back out][find yourself in a quiet me

The Corneliu M Popescu Prize for European Poetry Translation Shortlist
I've always felt the biennial Popescu Prize to be one of the most exciting poetry prizes in the UK. The shortlist is invariably a selection of some very strange and important books being published in English (bilingually, or monolingually) across the world and always points to the importance of independent publishers in bringing international literatures to English readers.The 2009 Shortlist is no less exciting than previous years (2007's winner,