This is for the women who don’t ask permission
To be themselves.
This is for the women who are done with working on their contentment
And started working on their lot.
This is for the women whose posture says… Read the rest
Permission
March 8th, 2013 § 0
Raise You
August 11th, 2012 § 0
We say “the owners of this shop have dodged six billion in tax – almost exactly the same amount which is currently being cut from disability benefits and people are dying as a result. These guys should pay their … Read the rest
In Tents
June 11th, 2012 § 0
In crowd
In-jokes
In fields
In the sun
In our element
In tents.
In queues
In stalls
In fashion
Insolvent
In aftersun
In tents.
In flip-flops
In wellies
Inelegant
In mud
Indefinitely
In tents.
Insomnia
Inadvertent
Insult
In tears… Read the rest
Video – Vogon Poetry Slam – Intro
November 30th, 2011 § 0
Kicking off the first Vogon Poetry Slam our editor Hannah reads an mad-libs-type example of torturously bad poetry. (She’s green because she’s being a Vogon):
Upon Finding My Bicycle Naturalised
September 14th, 2011 § 0
Bindweed curlicues
Through spokes and past rust blossoms
Last time I’ll lend it
© Hannah Eiseman-Renyard 2008… Read the rest
Video – Hannah Eiseman-Renyard
July 15th, 2011 § 0
Hannah Eiseman-Renyard – founder of the Whippersnapper Press – holds forth with some poems:
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No Little Words
April 28th, 2011 § 0
She glances at her watch
Shit, is that the time?
She says ‘I’ll have to love you and leave you,’
She holds my gaze a beat too long
Kisses my cheek,
Slings her bag and leaves.
Not that I’m … Read the rest
Pearl
March 17th, 2011 § 0
Disclaimer: this piece will be close to the bone
It’s the sore in my mouth my tongue can’t leave alone
It’s the mental equivalent of a stone in the shoe
But when I can’t shake it out, this is … Read the rest
A Christmas Carol – the Limerick
December 23rd, 2010 § 0
There once was a stingey old geezer
Who went by the name Ebeneezer
When spooks gave him a fright
Which lasted all night
He bought a turkey too big for the freezer
© Hannah Eiseman-Renyard 2010… Read the rest
Feedback
September 26th, 2010 § 0
You’ve got a lot of … interesting ideas.
It’s clearly really heartfelt.
This bit here reminds me of that song
- Oh, who wrote it?
- It’ll come to me…
- No, sorry, my mind’s gone blank.
Your vocabulary … Read the rest
Eiseman-Renyard, Hannah
Creator of the Whippersnapper Press, Hannah is an editor by day, performance poet by night & on weekends she fights crime. She’ll sleep when she’s dead. She also blogs, writes for Bad Reputation, and volunteers with Netpol – the network for police monitoring. Check out her rabid book reviews and feministy magazine articles.