... and how often “hope” is all humanity has that this ugliness can be transformed into something better. Originality/value A unique attempt to look at the horrors of this world throughout the ages and how humanity has coped with them. Hope poetry Oh Pandora, why did you do it?Why could you...

... This poem aims to take a fresh angle on a universal experience. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Work Holidays Poetry Work comes thundering in againlike a great wave across a flat of sand.I'm lost as cocklers in Morecambe Bay,King John's crown jewels in The Wash,when the tide...

.../value This poem uses an unexpected form to come to a “twist in the tale” ending that, hopefully, is strengthened by the surprise. The title is a play on the “plainsong” of monks and complaining. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Whistle blowing Appeasement Complaints Poetry...

... Publishing Limited 2010 Poetry Loss For Tim, i.m. Fred The hours go slow and yawn and scratch themselvesand we are naming parts of balance sheets,tight in a windowless room, totting the cost,while the first day of spring unfurls outside;and you are motorbiking scented country...

... on people's lives. Work wakes me from sleep, flickingthe soles of my feet, squeezing cold waterfrom a sponge into the neck of my pyjamas. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Employment Poetry Early, in the cold before the central heating,I change course for work, steaming like...

... out. Everything that's oldcarbon copied,carbon dated,will sparkleas we striveto remember the future. Previously published in Live and Kicking (1995, Live Poets Press). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Poetry Market research Selling Simon Lenthen can...

.... Research limitations/implications Self‐awareness and self‐criticism are to be encouraged. Originality/value Trite doggerel may still make a point and may even cause a smile. Rob Gray can be contacted at: rhg1@St‐andrews.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Poetry Lectures...