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Roy Marshall reading with a microphone in his hand. He is wearing glasses.

Castaway Companions

05/10/2023

Castaway Poet Roy Marshall chooses poems by David Jones, Paul Batchelor and John Donne

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Old black and white picture of Billy Childish and Tracey Erin from the back cover of Childish's Zine 'Prity Thing'.

But is it art? 

05/10/2023

Rowan Bell on the art of Tracey Emin and the poetry of Billy Childish

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Hares cunningly disguised as squiggles. On a grey background.

The story of herself

05/10/2023

Hilary Menos reviews nine by David Harsent (Guillemot Press, 2023)

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Black text on white reads "Four poems by Daniel Brown" with a yellow medium sized Friday Poem blob over the middle of the image.

Four poems by Daniel Brown

31/08/2023
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Close up of large lettering on an orange background, the lettering contains a photograph showing what looks like a shoreline.

What’s left at the end of the world

31/08/2023

Maggie Mackay reviews Sensitive to Temperature by Serena Alagappan (Smith|Doorstop Books, 2023)

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Painting of a man with a pipe looking into an oval mirror.

Paradise of garagistes

31/08/2023

Chris Edgoose reviews Impasse: for Jules Maigret by Sean O’Brien (Hercules Editions, 2023)

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Pieces of text in red and gold on a dark blue book cover.

Waves of lavender shadow growing darker in their blueness

31/08/2023

Alan Buckley reviews Up Late by Nick Laird (Faber, 2023)

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Painting in bright colours showing a copse of trees.

The forest’s edge

31/08/2023

Charlotte Gann reviews Beyond the Gate by Clare Best (Worple Press, 2023)

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A yellow squiggle on a greyish background. Well I suppose, given the subject matter, it could be a mathematical symbol. But if you just think squiggle you'll probably be closer.

They cannot subtract me

31/08/2023

Stephen Payne reviews Mathematics for Ladies: Poems on Women in Science by Jessy Randall (Goldsmiths Press, 2022)

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Whimsical illustration showing a hill with roads twisting between rocks and a castle atop.

Something honeylike that makes me lean in closer

31/08/2023

D.A. Prince reviews Before We Go Any Further by Tristram Fane Saunders (Carcanet, 2023)

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Abstract. A red splodge on a black splurge on a yellow squidge.

* […] Mol is an imaginary friend, the latest fad everyone wants to get their hands on [go to page 18]

31/08/2023

Isabelle Thompson reviews Making Sense by Dide (Verve Poetry, 2023)

Continue Reading* […] Mol is an imaginary friend, the latest fad everyone wants to get their hands on [go to page 18]
Drawing of a cow with wings on a pink background. It is saying 'Bong' and it's by Spike Milligan.

Poetry for children: where do we start?

31/08/2023

Annie Fisher gathers together the best children's poetry, and the best children's poetry anthologies

Continue ReadingPoetry for children: where do we start?
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