The Wisdom of the Arcades: a pamphlet of poems and writing by Rachel A.H., a local writer.
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48 pages, A5 | Edited, typeset & published by red herring press in Great Yarmouth.
Cover photograph by John Hill | First printing March 2026.
£5 including UK shipping. | £10 including shipping to rest of world. | £3.50 to Great Yarmouth residents: collect from red herring press, 135 King Street, Great Yarmouth (or get in touch).
Free to anyone who can't afford it. Get in touch: redherringpress@tuta.io
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from 'For Imbolc’:
I drive past a garage without stopping, two weeks ago I had stopped,
bought a packet of Jammie Dodgers and eaten them all at once
-some people would think that was weird or bad, some people would
think it was okay-
Pregnancy scans were in their infancy, I had heard that there were
concerns that they could cause deafness, I said this to the doctor.
'If you don't have a scan you could end up giving birth to something 'not viable'
he said, such as, 'a baby without a head.'
At eight, nine months pregnant, late at night, my huge belly heaving,
I kept thinking I had a giant hairy tarantula in my belly
'It's like there's your real life, where you have people like you who like
you see you and you do things and live life and be yourself and then
there's this whole 'other' life-'
'Like a job you can't resign from'
The wisdom of the arcades:
DO NOT OPEN
DEAD INSIDE
The Wisdom of the Arcades: a pamphlet of poems and writing by Rachel A.H., a local writer.
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48 pages, A5 | Edited, typeset & published by red herring press in Great Yarmouth.
Cover photograph by John Hill | First printing March 2026.
£5 including UK shipping. | £10 including shipping to rest of world. | £3.50 to Great Yarmouth residents: collect from red herring press, 135 King Street, Great Yarmouth (or get in touch).
Free to anyone who can't afford it. Get in touch: redherringpress@tuta.io
-- --
from 'For Imbolc’:
I drive past a garage without stopping, two weeks ago I had stopped,
bought a packet of Jammie Dodgers and eaten them all at once
-some people would think that was weird or bad, some people would
think it was okay-
Pregnancy scans were in their infancy, I had heard that there were
concerns that they could cause deafness, I said this to the doctor.
'If you don't have a scan you could end up giving birth to something 'not viable'
he said, such as, 'a baby without a head.'
At eight, nine months pregnant, late at night, my huge belly heaving,
I kept thinking I had a giant hairy tarantula in my belly
'It's like there's your real life, where you have people like you who like
you see you and you do things and live life and be yourself and then
there's this whole 'other' life-'
'Like a job you can't resign from'
The wisdom of the arcades:
DO NOT OPEN
DEAD INSIDE
