Our readers' poetry from the first challenge

By Narin Bahar

In the first installment of our Poetry Club, one of Birmingham's Poet Laureates, Julie Boden shared her poem Cut on the Bias, and gave a masterclass in the style she employed when writing it. Poem of the month: Cut on the bias Try your hand at a poem in this style The winner of our first poetry club challenge Below is a selection of other poems we received in response to the challenge. My Secret Garden Lament for the Rotunda Untitled poem Utopian Flowers (A secret garden in a city) The Secret Garden The Rotunda The Rotunda Quatrains Elvis Great Expectations Coram's Fields An April Birth A Corner of Tokyo A Secret Garden in a City