Leafe Press
@leafepress.bsky.social
Leafe Press was launched at a reading in Nottingham in 2000 and has published a wide range of poetry. Editor: Alan Baker
"These texts are a humane response to this ravaged landscape and to the experience of living through a pandemic..."
Litter reviews "Black Fens Viral" by Frances Presley, pub. @ShearsmanBooks
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Litter reviews "Black Fens Viral" by Frances Presley, pub. @ShearsmanBooks
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Review - Black Fens Viral by Frances Presley
Alan Baker “Black Fens Viral” by Frances Presley, pub. Shearsman, 87pp. £12.95 There are few places on the planet that have not been radic...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"These texts are a humane response to this ravaged landscape and to the experience of living through a pandemic..."
Litter reviews "Black Fens Viral" by Frances Presley, pub. @ShearsmanBooks
www.littermagazine.org/2025/11/revi...
Litter reviews "Black Fens Viral" by Frances Presley, pub. @ShearsmanBooks
www.littermagazine.org/2025/11/revi...
Poems, prose meditations and photography on the subject of ecology and the climate crisis:
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poetrybirmingham.com/current-issue
PBLJ 11.5 – guest-edited by Paul Robert — Poetry Birmingham
PBLJ 11.5 – guest-edited by Paul Robert
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November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Poems, prose meditations and photography on the subject of ecology and the climate crisis:
poetrybirmingham.com/current-issue
poetrybirmingham.com/current-issue
"collapse into invention
tumbling chords and curling notes"
Poems from Tone Poem: Starlight and Stardust, by Robert Sheppard:
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tumbling chords and curling notes"
Poems from Tone Poem: Starlight and Stardust, by Robert Sheppard:
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Litter
Robert Sheppard Poems from Tone Poem: Starlight and Stardust for Jazz Ian Perry Ant Law and Alex Hitchcock, Same Moon...
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November 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
"collapse into invention
tumbling chords and curling notes"
Poems from Tone Poem: Starlight and Stardust, by Robert Sheppard:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/11/robe...
tumbling chords and curling notes"
Poems from Tone Poem: Starlight and Stardust, by Robert Sheppard:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/11/robe...
"In the haunting world of Kelvin Corcoran’s language the names of the Chorus of Orphans are ‘whispered along the migrant routes.’"
Ian Brinton reviews "Under Tainaron" by Kelvin Corcoran:
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Ian Brinton reviews "Under Tainaron" by Kelvin Corcoran:
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November 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"In the haunting world of Kelvin Corcoran’s language the names of the Chorus of Orphans are ‘whispered along the migrant routes.’"
Ian Brinton reviews "Under Tainaron" by Kelvin Corcoran:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/11/revi...
Ian Brinton reviews "Under Tainaron" by Kelvin Corcoran:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/11/revi...
"What I love about this work is the way in which a combined interest in art and science can suggest the interconnectedness of things and provide a rich foundation for poetry..."
Steve Spence reviews Elena Brake:
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Steve Spence reviews Elena Brake:
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November 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"What I love about this work is the way in which a combined interest in art and science can suggest the interconnectedness of things and provide a rich foundation for poetry..."
Steve Spence reviews Elena Brake:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/11/revi...
Steve Spence reviews Elena Brake:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/11/revi...
"Why did it run under the fence
and into the dog’s path
when it had a whole field behind it?"
Four poems by Biljana Scott:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/10/bilj...
and into the dog’s path
when it had a whole field behind it?"
Four poems by Biljana Scott:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/10/bilj...
Biljana Scott - Four Poems
Biljana Scott Before we move on We sip and catch up. Always at the same moment teasers and laughter over the kitchen counter when my apron c...
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October 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
"Why did it run under the fence
and into the dog’s path
when it had a whole field behind it?"
Four poems by Biljana Scott:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/10/bilj...
and into the dog’s path
when it had a whole field behind it?"
Four poems by Biljana Scott:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/10/bilj...
"The collection is extremely powerful and leaves one with the question as David Caddy puts it ‘Can the land afford a farm’ or ‘has the farm already been bought’."
Litter reviews "Buying The Farm" by Elize O'toole, pub.@ShearsmanBooks :
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Litter reviews "Buying The Farm" by Elize O'toole, pub.@ShearsmanBooks :
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October 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"The collection is extremely powerful and leaves one with the question as David Caddy puts it ‘Can the land afford a farm’ or ‘has the farm already been bought’."
Litter reviews "Buying The Farm" by Elize O'toole, pub.@ShearsmanBooks :
www.littermagazine.org/2025/10/revi...
Litter reviews "Buying The Farm" by Elize O'toole, pub.@ShearsmanBooks :
www.littermagazine.org/2025/10/revi...
"Everything about the artist’s movements suggested that for her life wasn’t a dreamy happenstance..."
New poetry from Lila Matsumoto:
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New poetry from Lila Matsumoto:
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Lila Matsumoto - Poem
Lila Matsumoto Enclosed garden in late spring Upon arriving at the venue, the artist asked if she could help herself to the food that was...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"Everything about the artist’s movements suggested that for her life wasn’t a dreamy happenstance..."
New poetry from Lila Matsumoto:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/10/lila...
New poetry from Lila Matsumoto:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/10/lila...
New from Leafe Press: "The Moral Theology Of The Devil / Clothed With The Sun" by Linda Kemp". 38 pages. £9.00
"Seeded from Thomas Merton’s contemplations, this open-ended text invites the reader into participation in the creation of meaning."
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"Seeded from Thomas Merton’s contemplations, this open-ended text invites the reader into participation in the creation of meaning."
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October 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
New from Leafe Press: "The Moral Theology Of The Devil / Clothed With The Sun" by Linda Kemp". 38 pages. £9.00
"Seeded from Thomas Merton’s contemplations, this open-ended text invites the reader into participation in the creation of meaning."
www.leafepress.org/2025/08/the-...
"Seeded from Thomas Merton’s contemplations, this open-ended text invites the reader into participation in the creation of meaning."
www.leafepress.org/2025/08/the-...
"Magnificent critiques of strange beliefs..."
Three new poems by Rupert Loydell:
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Three new poems by Rupert Loydell:
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Rupert Loydell - Three Poems
Rupert Loydell Reality will Result To support verbal suggestions and instructions, time is visualized as a huge wheel in the universe. ...
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September 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
"Magnificent critiques of strange beliefs..."
Three new poems by Rupert Loydell:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/09/rupe...
Three new poems by Rupert Loydell:
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"...by virtue of combining the poet’s invention and imagination and wit, these horses ignite the reader’s imagination."
Martin Stannard discusses a poem by Paul Violi:
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Martin Stannard discusses a poem by Paul Violi:
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Martin Stannard - on Paul Violi’s poem, ‘EXACTA’
Martin Stannard on Paul Violi’s ‘EXACTA’ This little essay could easily be called “Why I Am Not A Scholar”, for in attempting to write about...
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September 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
"...by virtue of combining the poet’s invention and imagination and wit, these horses ignite the reader’s imagination."
Martin Stannard discusses a poem by Paul Violi:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/09/mart...
Martin Stannard discusses a poem by Paul Violi:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/09/mart...
"The fact that things break is always a part of their function. I hope I have not caused pain. I wish I could feel it instead of you."
Two poems in the form of psalms from Rob Kiely:
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Two poems in the form of psalms from Rob Kiely:
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Rob Kiely - Two Psalms
Rob Kiely from 'Psalms' pillows What would the moro-reflex in language be? It’s amazing how quickly living by the sea becomes impossible. Be...
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September 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"The fact that things break is always a part of their function. I hope I have not caused pain. I wish I could feel it instead of you."
Two poems in the form of psalms from Rob Kiely:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/09/rob-...
Two poems in the form of psalms from Rob Kiely:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/09/rob-...
"Sound becomes sight and the haunting circles move outwards."
Ian Brinton discusses the new collection of poetry by Ric Hool:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/09/ian-...
Ian Brinton discusses the new collection of poetry by Ric Hool:
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Ian Brinton - A talk given at the launch of Ric Hool’s Shook Up!
Ian Brinton A talk given at the launch of Ric Hool’s latest publication from Red Squirrel Press, Shook Up! Stubbing the toe or a question of...
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September 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"Sound becomes sight and the haunting circles move outwards."
Ian Brinton discusses the new collection of poetry by Ric Hool:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/09/ian-...
Ian Brinton discusses the new collection of poetry by Ric Hool:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/09/ian-...
Reposted by Leafe Press
#FF It’s National Lemon Juice Day. To celebrate, give some ❤️ and a follow to these publications in the lit community that begin with “L” and “J”:
@lamplitmag.bsky.social
@jackanapespress.bsky.social
@laststanzapoetry.bsky.social
@jacklegpress.bsky.social
@leafepress.bsky.social
Cont ⬇️
@lamplitmag.bsky.social
@jackanapespress.bsky.social
@laststanzapoetry.bsky.social
@jacklegpress.bsky.social
@leafepress.bsky.social
Cont ⬇️
August 30, 2025 at 4:23 AM
#FF It’s National Lemon Juice Day. To celebrate, give some ❤️ and a follow to these publications in the lit community that begin with “L” and “J”:
@lamplitmag.bsky.social
@jackanapespress.bsky.social
@laststanzapoetry.bsky.social
@jacklegpress.bsky.social
@leafepress.bsky.social
Cont ⬇️
@lamplitmag.bsky.social
@jackanapespress.bsky.social
@laststanzapoetry.bsky.social
@jacklegpress.bsky.social
@leafepress.bsky.social
Cont ⬇️
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Good to see more of these wonderful Psalm poems from Alan Baker @leafepress.bsky.social and looking forward to a collection. These two in the current Tears in the Fence
September 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Good to see more of these wonderful Psalm poems from Alan Baker @leafepress.bsky.social and looking forward to a collection. These two in the current Tears in the Fence
"notice a mangled garden fork in the cylinder
wrapped around the expensive machinery
...expect to be sacked"
New poetry from Mélisande Fitzsimons:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/08/meli...
wrapped around the expensive machinery
...expect to be sacked"
New poetry from Mélisande Fitzsimons:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/08/meli...
Mélisande Fitzsimons - Poems
Mélisande Fitzsimons Instructions on How to Process Tobacco (After Steve Spence) 1. Fags Rip the plastic wrapping the tobacco comes in ha...
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August 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"notice a mangled garden fork in the cylinder
wrapped around the expensive machinery
...expect to be sacked"
New poetry from Mélisande Fitzsimons:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/08/meli...
wrapped around the expensive machinery
...expect to be sacked"
New poetry from Mélisande Fitzsimons:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/08/meli...
"A tourist is a precondition of a certain kind of queue.
A tourist is a latent hostage.
A tourist is a set of mitochondrial clocks reconfigured."
New poem from Rob Kiely:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/08/rob-...
A tourist is a latent hostage.
A tourist is a set of mitochondrial clocks reconfigured."
New poem from Rob Kiely:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/08/rob-...
Rob Kiely - Scenes from a Code of Conduct
Rob Kiely Scenes from a Code of Conduct for Robyn When going on a long journey, it is customary to leave the cap of a pen behind and tak...
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August 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"A tourist is a precondition of a certain kind of queue.
A tourist is a latent hostage.
A tourist is a set of mitochondrial clocks reconfigured."
New poem from Rob Kiely:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/08/rob-...
A tourist is a latent hostage.
A tourist is a set of mitochondrial clocks reconfigured."
New poem from Rob Kiely:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/08/rob-...
"Postumus, Postumus, how they slip away,
so fast, the years..."
And ode by the Roman poet, Horace, translated by Aidan Everett:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/08/hora...
so fast, the years..."
And ode by the Roman poet, Horace, translated by Aidan Everett:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/08/hora...
Horace, Odes 2.1 - translated by Aidan Everett
Horace, tr. Aidan Everett Horace Odes 2.14 Postumus, Postumus, how they slip away, so fast, the years. No pious a...
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August 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"Postumus, Postumus, how they slip away,
so fast, the years..."
And ode by the Roman poet, Horace, translated by Aidan Everett:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/08/hora...
so fast, the years..."
And ode by the Roman poet, Horace, translated by Aidan Everett:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/08/hora...
"The mayfly dance is communal if gender-skewed; the daylily bloom is beautiful then ugly."
Three prose-poems by Mike Ferguson @mferguson-writer.bsky.social:
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Three prose-poems by Mike Ferguson @mferguson-writer.bsky.social:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/08/mike...
Mike Ferguson - Three Prose Poems
Mike Ferguson Flying Machines Sustained in the sky like adventure, like dreams, like artifice, like rhythms. Lineage of the leaf and silk...
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August 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
"The mayfly dance is communal if gender-skewed; the daylily bloom is beautiful then ugly."
Three prose-poems by Mike Ferguson @mferguson-writer.bsky.social:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/08/mike...
Three prose-poems by Mike Ferguson @mferguson-writer.bsky.social:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/08/mike...
how can I help you? can I give you
haloperidol and two tablets of lorazepam?
no, thanks, my cricket wants Russian Vodka."
A poem by Lucia Daramus:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/07/luci...
haloperidol and two tablets of lorazepam?
no, thanks, my cricket wants Russian Vodka."
A poem by Lucia Daramus:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/07/luci...
Lucia Daramus - Poem: "A Howl In A Movie"
Lucia Daramus A Howl In A Movie A window. closed window. a few trees. outside walking trees. a fence talkative fence. It is dark, the middl...
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August 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
how can I help you? can I give you
haloperidol and two tablets of lorazepam?
no, thanks, my cricket wants Russian Vodka."
A poem by Lucia Daramus:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/07/luci...
haloperidol and two tablets of lorazepam?
no, thanks, my cricket wants Russian Vodka."
A poem by Lucia Daramus:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/07/luci...
"I like shallow, you said – shallow is good –
to exist for a thing that binds us – a
poet’s portrait, a hairdo, a crime novel..."
Two poems by Nick Power @holynowhere.bsky.social:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/07/nick...
to exist for a thing that binds us – a
poet’s portrait, a hairdo, a crime novel..."
Two poems by Nick Power @holynowhere.bsky.social:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/07/nick...
Nick Power - Two Poems
Nick Power Perfect Halo I like shallow, you said – shallow is good – to exist for a thing that binds us – a poet’s portrait, a hairdo, a cri...
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August 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"I like shallow, you said – shallow is good –
to exist for a thing that binds us – a
poet’s portrait, a hairdo, a crime novel..."
Two poems by Nick Power @holynowhere.bsky.social:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/07/nick...
to exist for a thing that binds us – a
poet’s portrait, a hairdo, a crime novel..."
Two poems by Nick Power @holynowhere.bsky.social:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/07/nick...
"the word haunted comes to mind as in relation to memory and re-creation of the past"
Steve Spence reviews "Concrete" by John Philips:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/07/revi...
Steve Spence reviews "Concrete" by John Philips:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/07/revi...
August 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"the word haunted comes to mind as in relation to memory and re-creation of the past"
Steve Spence reviews "Concrete" by John Philips:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/07/revi...
Steve Spence reviews "Concrete" by John Philips:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/07/revi...
"And Kernan does not ignore the paradox that must strike every reader of Schuyler, that is how someone with such evident behavioural issues wrote the poems that he did."
Martin Stannard reviews the new biography of James Schuyler, pub. @fsgbooks.bsky.social:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/07/revi...
Martin Stannard reviews the new biography of James Schuyler, pub. @fsgbooks.bsky.social:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/07/revi...
August 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
"And Kernan does not ignore the paradox that must strike every reader of Schuyler, that is how someone with such evident behavioural issues wrote the poems that he did."
Martin Stannard reviews the new biography of James Schuyler, pub. @fsgbooks.bsky.social:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/07/revi...
Martin Stannard reviews the new biography of James Schuyler, pub. @fsgbooks.bsky.social:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/07/revi...
"I could swear that I heard someone call, far away, beyond the fence among the darkening trees..."
Two new prose poems by Simon Collings:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/07/simo...
Two new prose poems by Simon Collings:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/07/simo...
Simon Collings - Two Prose Poems
Simon Collings The Village of Eragny A dirt road on the right approaches the village, a pine partly obscuring the large house directly ahe...
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July 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"I could swear that I heard someone call, far away, beyond the fence among the darkening trees..."
Two new prose poems by Simon Collings:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/07/simo...
Two new prose poems by Simon Collings:
www.littermagazine.org/2025/07/simo...