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‘Little Dancer’, Fourteen' by John Freeman by The Lonely Crowd on #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/3n6HUXk47OOz...

'Uploading the Impossible' by S. C. Flynn by The Lonely Crowd on #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/7RS1oJuBwv5z...

'Crusts' by Chrissie Gittins by The Lonely Crowd on #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/V6peXSP9aSrd...

'Self-Butchery In Two Parts' by Shauna Gilligan by The Lonely Crowd on #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/GeukFHPrJDLf...

Keepsakes We kept our grandparents in a dusty box high on top of the wardrobe in my parents’ room. We never took it down, happy enough to know they were there. We kept my father in the station office down the road and my mother in the kitchen by the range… thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/07/p...

Brian Kirk has published two poetry collections with Salmon Poetry, After The Fall and Hare’s Breath. His poem ‘Birthday’ won Irish Poem of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2018. His short fiction chapbook It’s Not Me, It’s You was published by Southword Editions thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/07/p...

Keepsakes ‘We kept our grandparents in a dusty box high on top of the wardrobe in my parents’ room. We never took it down, happy enough to know they were there. We kept my father in the station office down the road and my mother in the kitchen…’ thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/07/p...

The Lonely Crowd will feature new work by a different poet each month throughout 2025. For November, we are delighted to publish 3 new works by Brian Kirk. The first of these, ‘Keepsakes‘, is published today with two more poems to follow throughout the month. thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/07/p...

‘The sidewalks & streets were empty aside from a few barefoot children who played hopscotch & drew chalk butterflies & a few old trucks that rattled down the road. Michael felt like a ghost cast out from the land of the living, forced to wander the quiet streets.’ thelonelycrowd.org/2025/10/26/s...

The Lonely Crowd will feature a new short story by a different author each month throughout the remainder of 2025. For October, we are delighted to publish a new piece by Megan Neary. thelonelycrowd.org/2025/10/26/s...

Our October #PoetoftheMonth is Michelle Penn. Michelle’s new collection, Retablo for a door, is forthcoming from Shearsman in Jan 2026. Her other works are Paper Crusade (Arachne Press, 2022) & Self-portrait as a diviner, failing (Paper Swans Press, 2018). thelonelycrowd.org/2025/10/12/p...

‘someone pumped the rooms full of cement obliterating tassel lamps, wood floors, sinks…’ Read a new poem by our #PoetoftheMonth, Michelle Penn: thelonelycrowd.org/2025/10/18/m...

RIP Tony Harrison. Listen to his extraordinary poem ‘v’ which scandalized 80’s Britain. Highly relevant today. m.youtube.com/watch?v=FA3A...

Thank you to editor John Lavin for publishing three poems as part of the Poet of the Month feature in The Lonely Crowd magazine. Here is the third, plus recording.

The final piece from @chrissiegittins.bsky.social, our September #poetofthemonth, is ‘Come With Me To The Casbah’ thelonelycrowd.org/2025/09/26/c...

The Lonely Crowd will feature a new short story by a different author each month throughout the remainder of 2025. For September, we are delighted to publish a new piece by Penny Simpson. thelonelycrowd.org/2025/09/19/s...

Listen to ‘Crusts' by @chrissiegittins.bsky.social on The Lonely Crowd #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/C4GUdP7EZFcF...

‘I was at a loss. I’d just given a couple celebrating their silver wedding a silver teapot of Oolong…’ Read a new poem by @chrissiegittins.bsky.social, our #PoetoftheMonth thelonelycrowd.org/2025/09/15/c...

‘Saved from her kitchen my mother’s tray is black with gold islands scattered like worm casts across its shiny surface – Ragged Island, Samana, Cay Verde.’ Read new poetry by @chrissiegittins.bsky.social, our Poet of the Month thelonelycrowd.org/2025/09/05/p...

The Lonely Crowd will feature new work by a different poet each month throughout 2025. For September, we are delighted to publish new poetry by @chrissiegittins.bsky.social. The Islands of the Bahamas is online today with more poems to follow throughout the month. thelonelycrowd.org/2025/09/05/p...

‘Blood pooled in the palm of her outstretched hand and a single red tear rolled down her wrist. Truth be known, it turned his stomach.’ thelonelycrowd.org/2025/08/10/s...

‘At twelve she owns time, possesses pause. I pray she’ll never know this rule of thirds.’ Read @shaunagilligan.bsky.social’s Rule of Thirds. thelonelycrowd.org/2025/08/28/r...

‘Blood pooled in the palm of her outstretched hand and a single red tear rolled down her wrist. Truth be known, it turned his stomach.’ thelonelycrowd.org/2025/08/10/s...