‘Next time you dive’ (or How to play a poem)
Jon Stone takes a deep dive into how he approaches a poem
Jon Stone takes a deep dive into how he approaches a poem
Clare Best reviews MX SIMP by Kate Hendry (Mariscat Press, 2023)
Jill Abram chooses poems by Edward Lear, Lemn Sissay and Jacqueline Saphra to take to her desert island
Zoë Walkington on how she managed to merge her two identities as poet and psychologist
Isabelle Thompson reviews I Think We’re Alone Now by Abigail Parry (Bloodaxe Books, 2023)
Hilary Menos reviews Many Professional Wrestlers Never Retire by Dane Holt (The Lifeboat, 2023)
Helena Nelson plays with Shapeshifting for Beginners by Emma Simon (Salt, 2023)
by Nia Broomhall — We could hear it was working from the soft shunt of fluid / through the tube and the reassuring whisper // she’s fine ...
Victoria Moul reviews The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse edited by Kaveh Akbar (Penguin, 2023)
Paul Stephenson and Lisa Kelly exchange letters on the poetry of Wallace Stevens
Poet and financial journalist Emma Simon picks six poems about money
Vanessa Lampert chooses poems by Matthew Dickman, Dorianne Laux and Karen Solie for her desert island