Found in Phone Notes

09:23 The last time I met Emily Dickinson in my dreams we had coffee and ice cream, and I taught … More

Icarus

It was a sad thing to discover that the sensation of your lit cigarette burying its hot head in the pale crook of … More

One Time at Camden Lock

1 / I watch the man in the crumpled white shirt take a swig from his can of Stella and … More

Another Time at Camden Lock

It’s a strange feeling, this, to be left alone in the middle of a crowd, to be abandoned by people … More

Kneading

Originally published by Lunate (August 2021).

‘AN INTERVIEW WITH POET SUPERSTAR HLR BY STEPHEN J. GOLDS’

https://punknoirmagazine.com/2021/07/24/an-interview-with-poet-superstar-hlr-by-stephen-j-golds-2/ This time last year, I was trying to talk the editor of an Indie Crime Press into letting me … More

Leia John reviews History of Present Complaint by HLR

I’m so pleased to have made an awesome new poet friend recently, Leia John of ‘Poems That Suck’ / @suckasspoetry … More

Winner of The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2021 – Anatomy of a Disordered Personality: Skin by HLR

I’m delighted to announce that I am the winner of The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2021! The competition is … More

Critical response to History of Present Complaint by HLR

I’ve been informed that humans, especially when reading online, have a short attention span (!) so, with this in mind, … More

Things The Narrator Does in ‘History of Present Complaint’

– hits a policeman in the face – forgets what humans are – believes she’s a microwave meal – wins … More