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Ritual

In the first series of poems commissioned by Hannah Lowe, Writers Mosaic’s poetry editor, six poets explore how ritual gives meaning to our lives – from the sacred to the everyday, inherited to invented practices, and from private gesture to communal expression. At a time when the news and political landscape can feel increasingly divisive, hostile and uncertain, poems that attend to small acts of care, tenderness and grief feel especially important.

Edited by:  Hannah Lowe

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A Wedding Portrait

A Wedding Portrait

Julia Copus

Ritual had steadied us
How I Met Your Mother

How I Met Your Mother

Yomi Ṣode

There is no language of reciprocity. We are akin in grief.
Ritual

Ritual

Glyn Maxwell

Returning to his poem of love
Almost a year now

Almost a year now

Stephen Sexton

I was a second moon that night, or a near star
Mope

Mope

Hannah Silva

I'm not suppose to still be this in love
Dear Mr Lam

Dear Mr Lam

Helen Quah

I take my vows inside / the malady of light
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