I S S U E 2

. . . what seems a weapon in the hands of religion, is a far gentler instrument in the hands of poetry. Rendering unto poetry the things that are poetry’s opens it—our favoured imaginative mode of explaining and knowing reality—to an endless expanse of material for renewed mythologies and renewed narratives.

— Editorial, PBLJ2, Naush Sabah


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The Poets of Issue 2

Amara Amaryah • Ken Banstock • Colin Bancroft • Daniel Bennett • Francis Boyle • Alison Brackenbury • Zoe Brooks • Lorraine Carey • Geraldine Clarkson • Oliver Comins • Jack Cooper • Mark Cooper • Lucy Crispin • Clare Crossman • Sarah Doyle • Mark Fiddes • Rhiannon Fidler • Jen Stewart Fueston • Rebbecca Gethin • Matt Haw • Nicola Heaney • Shaun Hill • Leila Howl • Freya Jackson • Tess Jolly • Fiona Larkin • Gregory Leadbetter • Alison Lock • Abigail Morley • Michelle Penn • Sharon Phillips • Fiona Cartwright • Katherine Stansfield • Matthew Stewart • Laura Wainwright • Hilary Watson • Mariah Whelan • Jay Whittaker • Milena Williamson