To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
responsibilities will include
pulling rabbits out of beanies
sawing poor children in half
then quarters
then eighths
making a noose from a soft rope
with a flick of the wrist
producing discoloured scarves
flecked with phlegm and blood
finding the king on all the cards
making your wallet disappear
wrapping the country’s wealth in a cloth
then smashing it with a hammer
before revealing the broken pieces
Rob Walton was born in Scunthorpe and lives in Whitley Bay. His debut collection This Poem Here was published by Archne Press 2021.
ALAN MORRISON recommends a consummate, heart-warming collection about a working-class upbringing in the industrial north-east
ANDY CROFT welcomes the publication of an anthology of recent poems published by the Morning Star, and hopes it becomes an annual event
RUTH AYLETT reviews two collections of outright political poetry
by Widad Nabi


