The Friday Poem

A poem every Friday

Observation

by Nicola Healey — our Friday Poem on 15/04/22

Whichever life we live, it’s the other calls

Book Review: Carl Tomlinson reviews Hotel Anonymous by Mike Barlow (Pindrop, 2021)

Considering the effects

Essay: Matthew Paul looks at poems featuring bowls by Stephen Payne, Pauline Stainer and Ted Walker

Selected Ambient Works

Book Review: Bruno Cooke reviews You've got so many machines, Richard: an anthology of Aphex Twin poetry edited by Rishi Dastidar and Aaron Kent (Broken Sleep, 2022)

The Competition Poem

Feature: The Frip asks is there such a thing as the "competition poem"?

Elephants

by Lorna Dowell — our Friday Poem on 01/04/22

The Understory Conversation: Building Connection

Feature: Charlotte Gann talks about her new project, The Understory

I would make a language out of this

Book Review: Stephen Payne reviews Speechless at Inch by James Caruth (Smith|Doorstop, 2021)

Song

by Martin Edwards — our Friday Poem on 25/03/22

North and South

Photo-feature: Rory Waterman talks about his time as international writer in residence for Bucheon UNESCO City of Literature

Three pamphlets: Sarah Mnatzaganian, Judi Sutherland and Hugo Williams

Pamphlet Review: Matthew Paul reviews Lemonade in the Armenian Quarter by Sarah Mnatzaganian (Against the Grain, 2022), Maggie Mackay reviews Following Teisa by Judi Sutherland (Book Mill, 2021) and Hilary Menos reviews Badlands by Hugo Williams (Mariscat, 2021)

Statues to honour hunger

Book Review: Fiona Moore reviews Eat Or We Both Starve by Victoria Kennefick (Carcanet, 2021)