In this week's episode Richard Skinner reads his poem 'Black Water Side' taken from his latest collection, The Malvern Aviator (Smokestack Books), this is followed by Iris Colomb reading 'Cragfast', written in response to Richard's poem.

Both pieces will appear in the forthcoming 'Original Plus Dub' to be published by Hesterglock Press, 1 May. For more info about the book follow this link: http://www.hesterglock.net/original-plus-dub-anthology.html And to support the crowdfunding campaign go here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/original-plus-dub#/

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Shelly Harder reads their poem 'Zero Dawn'.

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http://mysmallpresswritingday.blogspot.com/2019/01/shelly-harder-my-small-press-writing-day.html

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Vik Shirley reads her poem 'I Never Intended to Get Into Breeding'.

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Burning Eye editor Bridget Hart reads her poem 'The Malverns'.

Photo credit: Rackesh Patel

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Rebecca Tamás reads her poem 'Spell for Lilith', from her collection 'Witch' (Penned in the Margins, 2019).

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Richard Skinner reads his poem 'The Summer of Red Mercedes' taken from his collection 'The Malvern Aviator' (Smokestack Books 2018).

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Hannah Swingler reads her poem 'Muse' taken from her debut collection, 'The Dress Has Pockets' (VERVE Poetry Press, 2018).

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Pey Pey Oh reads her poem 'Ghost Money' which is taken from her debut pamphlet 'Pictograph' (Flarestack Books).

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Antosh Wojcik reads his poem 'Metronome for the Body Rising in Puddles'.

For more from Antosh:

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Tom Sastry reads his poem '32 Lines On Loss' taken from his Laureate's Choice pamphlet 'Complicity' (Smith|Doorstop).

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