Welcome to NVQ issue 8 – our third issue in the age of covid-19. Although we are starting to meet face-to-face again in small numbers, we thought we would continue the virtual mic feature for the poets who wanted to share their work this way.

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Cross country (1:49), Liz Bennett

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Wave your hand (2:42), Gayelene Carbis

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experimental love poem (1:25), Ema Dumitriu

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Spring Purples with Coast Tea Tree and Golden Wattle (1:13), Anne Elvey

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Boquila Trifoliolata in Chilean Rainforest (1:20), Lynne Goldsmith

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i haven’t (1:48), Ash Good

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Noh (0:54), Hazel Hall

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hidden in the layers (1:03), Kathleen Hellen

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Faking it (2:11), Lesh Karan

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A look that won’t catch on (1:57), Denise O’Hagan

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Middle school youth group sex ed (1:53), Riley O’Connell

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Le Stryge – Notre Dame de Paris, April 2020 (2:50), Vanessa Proctor

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Noli me tangere (0:59), Marka Rifat

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My father’s mask (1:24), Robyn Sykes

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No matter how much skin I lose I am always the same body (1:26), Heather Taylor-Johnson

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Huhu (0:42), Sophia Wilson

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Circe (1:05), Jena Woodhouse

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Blog: [#I n t h e n a m e o f l I b e r t y] (2:25), Janet Jiahui Wu

From the editors

Knitting for insomniacs (0:53), Moya Pacey

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Cocky’s joy (1:03), Anita Patel

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