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Jersey Tiger Moth

November 17, 2022 by andrew

An extract from Feral Borough by Meryl Pugh, published by Penned in the Margins in November 2022.   Jersey Tiger Moth[1] Euplagia quadripunctaria Like an oversized plectrum left on the windowsill. Like a twist of paper or crisp packet corner, but with volition. A long triangle, striped and firm of outline, with inner flashes of […]

Feral Borough by Meryl Pugh

November 12, 2022 by andrew

Feral Borough is a new work of non-fiction by UEA alumna Meryl Pugh and is published by Penned in the Margins this week. Meryl graduated from the UEA PhD in Creative and Critical Writing in 2016 and recently returned to UEA to teach on the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry). Her debut collection of poetry, […]

Wife of Osiris

May 27, 2021 by andrew

An extract from Meryl Pugh’s pamphlet, Wife of Osiris, published by Verve Poetry Press in May 2021.   She dreamt, she remembers, the night she signed the contract. Something about a bathtub, something about a surgical saw.   She stares at the tunnel wall. The platform is deserted.   Something about her leg. If she […]

Wife of Osiris by Meryl Pugh

May 17, 2021 by andrew

Wife of Osiris is a prose poem in pamphlet form by UEA alumna Meryl Pugh and is published by Verve Press this week. Meryl graduated from the UEA PhD in Creative and Critical Writing in 2013 and recently returned to UEA to teach on the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry). She is the author of two […]

Seasonal

December 2, 2020 by andrew

This poem is part of the SPOONFEED takeover of New Writing, curated by Kat Payne Ware and Sean Wai Keung. You can read the issue in full at spoonfeedmag.com/spoonfeed-x-new-writing   Smell of fermenting turnips in the carriage, of cumin on the escalator. To have an odour that particular. What’s mine? It isn’t air, so done […]

Meryl Pugh longlisted for The Laurel Prize

July 26, 2020 by andrew

Natural Phenomena by UEA alumna Meryl Pugh has been longlisted for the inaugural Laurel Prize, an annual award for the best collection of nature or environmental poetry. Meryl graduated from the UEA PhD in Creative and Critical Writing in 2013 and recently returned to UEA to teach on the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry). Natural […]

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