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'Other people's parties' by Martyn Crucefiix in black text on white with a Friday Poem yellow blob over 'eopl' and 'ies'.

Other people’s parties

25/10/2024

by Martyn Crucefix — I can’t count the number of times I’ve walked out of / them, not even making my excuses. That we’re apart / from all other things, he says, the mythos ...

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Pencil drawing showing a cube on a white background surrounded by a green textured corona.

Latte-coloured cannonbirds

24/10/2024

Jane Routh reviews No Man’s Land by David Nash (Daedalus Press, 2024)

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Illustration showing an open Hand with what loloks like a ribbon running over the palm. On closer inspection the ribbon is a road with a small car on it.

The good way home

24/10/2024

Tim Murphy reviews Popular Song by Harry Man (Nine Arches Press, 2024)

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“Not my children, not my rats by Natalie Shaw' in black text on white with a small yellow Friday Poem blob over ‘rats’.

Not my children, not my rats

18/10/2024

by Natalie Shaw — I have revised my views on the thought police: / actually, they are perfectly lovable guys, // perfectly lovable guys just trying / to do their best ...

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Black and white photograph of Katherine

Looking for something, something, something

17/10/2024

Castaway poet Katherine Towers chooses poems by Wallace Stevens, Alice Oswald and Elizabeth Bishop

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Oil painting in mostly grey and blue showing a jug and two bowls on a shelf

Learning about loss

17/10/2024

Annie Fisher reviews The Wind and the Rain by Anthony Wilson (Blue Diode Press, 2023)

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"While driving to Ikea for a laundry basket by Heidi Beck' in black text on white with a small yellow Friday Poem blob over the first half of the word 'laundry'.

While driving to Ikea for a laundry basket

11/10/2024

by Heidi Beck — we debate the universe. You offer a theory / of infinite multitudes, of other earths / almost like ours...

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Painting showing wide red an white horizontakl stripes, in th top left corner is a drawing of a gun on a blue background. Some white stars are at the bottom.

The point-blankness of space

10/10/2024

Christian Wethered reviews American Anthem by Kelly Michels (Gallery Press, 2024) 

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Black and white photo showing three policemen with riot helmets on a Northern backstreet.

STRIKE is a fist beating fast

10/10/2024

Matthew Paul reviews STRIKE by Sarah Wimbush (Stairwell Books, 2024)

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"Lessons in The Method #23 by Martin Jago" in black text on white with a small Friday Poem yellow blob over the #23

Lessons in The Method, #23

04/10/2024

by Martin Jago — The day you stop me on campus, Benjamin, / Bible in hand, asking if I believe and I respond, // pointing to the building I’m walking towards ...

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A white plastic safety helmet floats on the water; underneath it numerous goose barnacles are attached.

What belongs outside, and what comes in

03/10/2024

Isabelle Thompson reviews May Swim by Katie Donovan (Bloodaxe, 2024)

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A fancy proscenium arch on a stage in gold and red. Underneath on the stage are a man and a woman in Arabic dress.

Poetry for the people

03/10/2024

Bruno Cooke investigates Million's Poet, a reality television show in the UAE

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