Working off the movement of the earth in space
D.A. Prince reviews Dynamo by Luke Samuel Yates (The Poetry Business, 2023)
Archive
Letters to Linda
Hilary Menos responds to Letters to Katłįà by Linda France, winner of the Michael Marks Environmental Poet of the Year prize 2022-2023,
Swimmers
by William Thompson — Next time you dive / into a public swimming pool / think of the taxes, / the architects, the builders, // the water gushing
The Censored Women of Les Fleurs du Mal
Pedro Baños Gallego on the 'forbidden' poems in Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal
All the blues and greens
Isabelle Thompson reviews Say It With Me by Vanessa Lampert (Seren, 2023)
These moments, rare and marvellous
Jane Routh reviews The Guest Room by Diana Hendry (Worple Press, 2022)
Dog-walking in a Cemetery
by Helen Kay — The older headstones, snug in lichen / shawls, lean towards me, console. / Do they scent my old friend’s death? // The dog
Untitled
The Frip looks at how to find the right title for your poem (or at least not the wrong one)
A Community Reimagined
Chris Edgoose reviews Medlars by Geraldine Clarkson (Shearsman, 2023)
recently i’ve been daydreaming of pete davidson
Mat Riches reviews Poems For Pete Davidson by Ella Sadie Guthrie (Broken Sleep, 2022)
Insomnia
by James Nixon — How did I ever fall to sleep easy as pressing the basement button / in an elevator sinking through the floors of my mind / and coming to rest
The Joy of Cycling
Our Spoken Word Editor Bruno Cooke is off round the world on two wheels. He considers the joy of cycling, in poetry.