The first issue of The Hen was born in September 2026. Four of our fabulous stanza group members appear: Alexa Bingham, Elio de la Cal, Kitty Hawkins and Dan Sarkozi.
Alongside these writers we are delighted to feature new and previously seen work by a stellar collection of international poets.
Nocturne
Ithaca at the Hospice
Perserverance
Posting the Body
How to be more grass
Release
Whiteway
Late Warning
Night Boat
For the Woman in St Petersburg
Roscoff
I will never rub out the lines of your face
Radio Electrical Artificer (First Class)
Otter Kit
Snow Man
Burton & Daughter
Fantasmas
On Mother’s Day
lamping wild rabbits
the boy and his arms
(Near) Death
Wardrobes
Motherhawk
Sunday Nights
It was Summer Somewhere
Early Purple Orchid & Blushing Bracket Fungus
Sweet Violet
Herons in Amsterdam
The mind is a flock of starlings with words for wings
The Grammar of Abandonment
The Rift
Carpet
The Fly