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the employed poor
the employed poor by Martin Hayes they have a car a job with no contract they work for a company that hasa zero-tolerance policy on sick days and non-attendance they have aflat with heating and food...
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where we got the importance of peas from
where we got the importance of peas from by Martin Hayes there have always been jobs ever since we were able to stand upand grew handsthings to clean things to cook things to count things to...
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A great struggle to set something free: Ox poems
Martin Hayes presents 5 poems from Ox, his new collection. All images by Gustavius Payne Ox trust the oxen bought tickets to the annual oxen versus goats football matchwhich though having stellar...
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they want all our teeth to be theirs
they want all our teeth to be theirs by Martin Hayes they want from us total commitmentthey want from us our blood and our hungerthey want from us our fleshinked with the company's logo on our...
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In solidarity with the people: as the poets write about the death of a queen
IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE! as the poets write about the death of a queen by Martin Hayes a bowl of pasta has become the dream of millions hot water and one bar of electric heat amenities out of...
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let’s have more poets like Xu Lizhi
let’s have more poets like Xu Lizhi by Martin Hayes Xu Lizhi was a poet and worker at the Foxconn factory in Shenzhen. He commited suicide in 2014 by jumping off the roof of his dormitory building...
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the screams of the supervisors
the screams of the supervisors by Martin Hayes you can’t always decipher what the screams of the supervisors meanso numerous are they sometimes they sound like moos from within a herd drowned out by...
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Coronation Poem: Man On Chair Clicks Open Pen
Man On Chair Clicks Open Pen by Martin Hayes it's not the Kingbeing wheeled along in his inglorious refinerydown the Mall it's not the tax dodgingselling Duchy of Cornwall to Waitroseon the back of...
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a healthy return
a healthy return by Martin Hayes there was this placeand it wasn’t a town or a citybut people lived thereand there was one shop and one pubthey all went toand the shop had eggs and beans for the people...
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AI, machines and humans: Two poems by Martin Hayes
Here are a couple of poems from a new collection by Martin Hayes for Smokestack Books, called Machine Poems. the definition of a machine something that is made from following the instructions of a...
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