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The Witch has been reimagined countless times in poetry and prose. However, the history behind the characterization of this villain has often been examined separately. I Call Upon the Witches reinvents the Witch in poetry.

Enigmatic is a collection of poems that explores the complexities of life, love, and loss through the lens of a sensitive and perceptive observer. In this collection, Daragh Fleming takes readers on a journey through the highs and lows of human experience, touching on themes such as memory, longing, hope, and the fleeting nature of time.

'Burn it All Down, Then Kiss Me' is a fiery and unapologetic collection of poetry by Kate MacAlister. Through her words, MacAlister calls upon readers to join her in tearing down oppressive systems and building something new in their place. With a raw and visceral style, she explores themes of love, loss, power, and resistance.

Introducing The Difference between Breathing and Swallowing by Jocelyn M. Ulevicus - a debut collection of poems that will take your breath away. This stunning compilation of poetry explores the complexities of identity, desire, memory, and the connections between the body and the natural world.

If you are used to your poets laying out their world at your feet and sprinkling it with emotional dew and petals of confession and catharsis, then this text is not for you. But if you wish to think and observe, if you ever wondered about your mind-body connection, if you’ve ever considered your own soft machine as a work of art, welcome to Raed's world." — Sean Felix, Author of 'Did You Even Know I Was Here?'

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Corinne Owens invites readers on a journey through the intricate tapestry of life's moments. With lyrical prose and an artist's eye for detail, Owens unveils the extraordinary in the ordinary, breathing life into the emotions and memories that define us.

In this haunting poetry pamphlet, JP Seabright invites you on a mesmerizing journey through a world in the throes of the Anthropocene era's twilight. As our modern age faces its end, these verses serve as a portal to a past nearly lost to the encroaching New Dark Ages.

‘The Maiden in the Tower’ is the latest poetry collection from Kate Gough, in which the lonely gothic dread entwines the bodies of those living with chronic illness. From the isolating tower, the maiden sings poems of life and death, as she beckons those who often take their health for granted, to look inward, and to listen to those who have lost their health.

Cottage in a mirror, a wistful collection of confessional poetry, in which the heroine tears out the roots of trauma and chronic illness from a flowery grave, and discovers what it is to be known.

In Julie Stenton's In the Dream I Jump From a Great Height and Land Safely, readers will find a poetry collection that is both thought-provoking and entertaining. From the joys of love and the pursuit of meaning, to the importance of chicken sandwiches and the beauty in the small, perfect moments of life, Stenton's poems offer a relatable and engaging exploration of what it means to be human.

Like one of his favourite authors, Ralph Ellison, John has found solace in the blues as a genre - so in this collection of poems, he highlights a bluesy nature that feels improvised but secure. We go from the ecstatic heights of love and romance, to the depths of depression and loss. A roller coaster of frenetic proportions.

Through REBIRTH’s deeply personal poems, Williamson shares her own journey through darkness and liminality with a deep dive into what it means to suffer and survive.

The possessive magic of grief always has a danger of consuming us when it fully embraces us, but when we fully embrace it like Howard Young does in To Know the Way Back, we can see grief’s power of recollection and transformation. Young’s exploration and characterization of modern England as a grief text is intriguing.

Rising in the lyrical, imagist language of her roots, her present and what can only be seen in the dark, this first collection holds gently the stretch between nature and the ethereal, trauma and transcendence. An embodied yet otherworldly wander through woman’s undoing and her way back.

With both hands, this collection pulls you into the emotive and developing stance of an Iraqi refugee. Continuous themes of fire and water accentuate both the trauma and desperate potential of people fleeing areas of conflict. Based on her own heritage, Zara takes us through an honest and powerful history, threading a global language, too often left unspoken.