Judging a book by its cover
Friday Poem eds Hilary Menos and Andy Brodie bemoan dull covers and make a plea for brightness, legibility and a bit of funky design
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Muscle memory
by Richard Meier — A wide, blank beach in northeast Norfolk, / my young son learning frisbee throws. // A backhand, arrowed from his checkered breast pocket. / A second like it, only one which reaches // the other thrower slower, stalls, / to
Castaway Companions
Castaway poet Samuel Tongue chooses poems by Gillian Clarke, Dylan Thomas and Alexander Hutchison for his desert island stay
Photo by Alan McRedie
The wonders this lens can do!
Steven Lovatt reviews Ferenc Juhász: Selected Poems translated by David Wevill (Shearsman, 2022)
Put me in a drum and bang me
Tim Murphy reviews The Barman by Helen Bowell (Bad Betty Press, 2022)
The Lego House
by Alexandra Masters — Number 27 have demolished their history. / From the soft gloom of my kitchen I see whistling // men bore the skies with Acrylonitrile, / invade the flight-path of wrens // with neat blocks of happiness. / Click. Now // plastic
We certainly like our poets to be challenging in what they say but perhaps less so in how they say it!
We talk to Mike Bartholomew-Biggs from London Grip about managing poetry reviews, London Grip New Poetry, the re-launch of Poetry in the Crypt, and the joy of maths
A good flow is like a fossil / it preserves the time
Bruno Cooke reviews The Lost Chronicle by Polarbear (Bloomsbury, 2022)
And far away a writer drawing a breath
Regina Weinert reviews Uneasy Pieces by Nancy Campbell (Guillemot Press 2022)
A way of saying
Matthew Paul reviews Fool by Greta Stoddart (Bloodaxe, 2022)