Poetry

"Tottenham Court Road"
"Tottenham Court Road"
December 07, 2025 • Oliver Bassett Cross
The air was thick, electric, slow,the kind of dark that seems to glow.The tunnel hummed, the concrete sighed,as London pulsed and multiplied. We st...
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"The Dunce" (O foolish heart)
"The Dunce" (O foolish heart)
October 21, 2025 • Oliver Bassett Cross
O foolish heart, thou fragile thing,That flutter’d toward a phantom’s wing;How swift thy hope, how sweet thy fall—To love, and be the dunce of all....
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“Valley of the Dolls”
“Valley of the Dolls”
October 18, 2025 • Oliver Bassett Cross
I float in blue, a borrowed pose,the sun decides how much it glows.Red halo hums against my skin,a circle I keep folding in. They told me, “shine, ...
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