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Photo of Jackie Wills. She has long brown hair with flecks of grey, and red lipstick.

The cutty’s goistering

28/10/2023

The Friday Poem talks to poet and gardener Jackie Wills

Continue ReadingThe cutty’s goistering
Photograph a woman standing in sand with a coat on. She has left footprints.

Our small Homeric lives

25/10/2023

Steven Lovatt reviews Dead Letters by Carole Coates (Shoestring, 2023)

Continue ReadingOur small Homeric lives
Watercolour-style illustration showing an olive branch with a goat standing on a leaf on the left and a man sitting on a leaf to the right.

An guish / rather than a guish

05/10/2023

Tim Murphy reviews 54 Poems: Selected and New by John Levy (Shearsman Books, 2023)

Continue ReadingAn guish / rather than a guish
Image showing a medicine bottle and a prescription for Poemcetemol (see what they did there).

A salve to strengthen heart and happiness

05/10/2023

We talk to Deb Alma, poet, teacher, editor, and founder of the Poetry Pharmacy

Continue ReadingA salve to strengthen heart and happiness
Black text on white reads: 'Three poems by Maureen Jivani' with a yellow Friday Poem blob over the right hand side.

Three poems by Maureen Jivani

05/10/2023
Continue ReadingThree poems by Maureen Jivani
Close up of a parchment coloured map showing Spanish place names written in italic script.

Holding on against the ebb

05/10/2023

Christopher James reviews Whatever You Do, Just Don’t by Matthew Stewart (HappenStance, 2023)

Continue ReadingHolding on against the ebb
Montage showing three book covers. They are similar – each has a black background with a number of different coloured triangles superimposed. The chaps at Ignition press like triangles, I guess. Who am I to judge?

Mixed feelings about gravity

05/10/2023

Isabelle Thompson reviews three new pamphlets from ignitionpress

Continue ReadingMixed feelings about gravity
A painting on canvas showing a large yellow blob and some smaller blobs (also yellow) on a purple-blue background.

You are not a fixed star in anybody’s sky

05/10/2023

Khadija Rouf reviews Into the Same Sound Twice by Zakia Carpenter-Hall (Seren, 2023)

Continue ReadingYou are not a fixed star in anybody’s sky
The blue violinist by Marc Chagall showing aviolinist dressed in blue:green on a blue background. His cheeks are red and he has a white bird on his shoulder.

Writing this warring world

05/10/2023

Jeremy Wikeley reviews Vevel’s Violin by Jacqueline Saphra (Nine Arches Press, 2023)

Continue ReadingWriting this warring world
Section from a book cover. The background is purple and some block capital letters in pink , yellow, green and white are arranged in a uniform block pattern.

Time to swim

05/10/2023

Richie McCaffery reviews Hard Drive by Paul Stephenson (Carcanet, 2023)

Continue ReadingTime to swim
A composite image of three brightly coloured children's poetry book covers.

Danger leaps from off the page

05/10/2023

Annie Fisher looks at some of the best new poetry collections for children

Continue ReadingDanger leaps from off the page
Part of the cover of the first edition of 'The Hunting of the Snark'. It shows a bearded fellow sitting halfway up a mast ringing a bell. It's a bit windy.

Nine tradesmen and a beaver

05/10/2023

Edward Wakeling introduces 'The Hunting of the Snark' by Lewis Carroll

Continue ReadingNine tradesmen and a beaver
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