Skip to main content
Work with the NEU
Two poems by John McCullough
Well Versed is edited by JODY PORTER

the computer flattened her        
changed her name        to a dash        
a level rejection of the word        

most emphatically        all questions n/a        
she is elsewhere        aligned to bullets       
a flagrant interruption that hurls

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 23, 2023
21st Century Poetry / 2 September 2026
2 September 2026

by Marwa Paikan

21st Century Poetry / 29 July 2026
29 July 2026

by Mary Gilonne

21st Century Poetry / 24 July 2026
24 July 2026

by Alistair Findlay

21st Century Poetry / 22 July 2026
22 July 2026

by Mike Jenkins