Thin Riddle by Peter Hebden     After the scrabble to the top,    the scrape of hooves       escaping over the cobbles         soaks into stone    and a cloak evaporates from…

Mistress of the Crown by Bernadette McAloon     He would dock on the Tyne, lure me in, reel me up Side to The Crown; time and again I’d resist…

Fortiter Defendit Triumphans by Heather Wilson     Distracted momentarily the Saturday shoppers gaze skywards to the carillon’s copper clad tower.   Tinkling Tyneside melodies waft on the breeze whilst…

A Light for Newcastle by Joanne Brooks     Alight here for Newcastle, mind the edges      the gap between here and there. Enter the hum of motion, the click-clicking of heels…

Panopticon by Tracy Elisabeth Gillman     Locked out of common purpose An all-seeing prison Against un-common perpetrators’ Petty crimes   World Head Quarters rocks Marcus Garvey House Chains us…

Pons Aelius City Limits by Jake Campbell     Adept in syntaxes of stronghold synonyms for self-interest, we understand solid geometries of the portcullis: you have your side, we have…