The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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Four poems by James Byrne
Well Versed is edited by JODY PORTER
This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE
KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music
ANGUS REID is bowled over by an exuberant film about the making of Keith Jarrett’s legendary concert
MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O’CONNOR and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Savage House, Enzo, Madfabulous, and Erupcja
CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
(from Improvisations for Adam Baiting)
vi. Bread
in the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread means
a fair day’s work earns
a fair-floured loaf not
being told to calm down
dear because it’s only a
(testosterone) commercial
when the cabinet is full
of men born to rule
who would sweat dry
an entire country and dock
a single-mother’s right
to be free from the turd-
baking of errant husbands
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