EditorialSarah Gibbons

Poem (I lived in the second century of world wars)Jacqueline Saphra

Hula Painted FrogGlyn Maxwell

I Bring Bombs into my HouseBen Verinder

CarouselErica Hesketh

Man or BearMirkka Jokelainen

Departures LoungeSarah Mnatzaganian

GannetsJames O’Hara-Knight

Coast RunSuzanna Fitzpatrick


Land of DroughtAbigail Ardelle Zammit

The Old BooksJacqueline Saphra

NettlesLiz Byrne

On the Sixth Day of WarBen Verinder

BlossomLouie Rudge

Barrel BombSue Johns

The Waxwings are so -JLM Morton

A House DividedMichael Alcée

FatherSue Spiers

Cancer is RelativeKevin Scully

Sinai Wild RoseGlyn Maxwell

A Spade’s  a SpadeKatrina Moinet

What Becomes Of Your RivieraAndy Breckenridge

Author Biographies

Edited and produced by Sarah Gibbons and Lauren Thomas in London, England. Issue 5 © Black Iris Poetry, individual parts © poets listed