The Friday Poem
A poem every Friday
by Michael Di Placido — He looks up and half smiles / as I drift in and settle on a chair — / as though I was expected: / “The studio would have to be a riot / of colour with you in it”, I say. / And when I tell him I live near Brid — / not far from his mum's
Castaway poet Greta Stoddart choses poems by Elizabeth Bishop, Raymond Carver and Czeslaw Milosz for her desert island stay
Jane Routh reviews Dream into Play by Richard Skinner (Poetry Salzburg, 2022)
Carl Tomlinson reviews Space Baby by Suzannah Evans (Nine Arches, 2022)
by Stephen Payne — TINKER // Despite the name, he worked with several metals. / Despite the name, he worked with craft and care. / Let him forget about the pans and kettles / that all his tinkering could not repair. // TAILOR // Although his future
Emma Simon reviews the small manoeuvres by Kathy Pimlott (Verve, 2022)
The Friday Poem talks to Mark Antony Owen, founder and editor of poet directory and quarterly journal iamb
Nell Prince reviews Finishing School by Michaela Coplen (Ignition, 2022)
by Nicholas Hogg — We used to play a game called Stuntman, / I explain, when once again I'm called a psychopath / because I don't get scared on fairground rides. / I try to convey that fear / was leaping off the Co-op roof into a skip
Bruno Cooke reviews Orlam by PJ Harvey (Picador, 2022)
Poet and literature activist Jonathan Davidson considers the concept of 'progress' in poetry
Khadija Rouf reviews Notes on Water by Amanda Dalton (Smith|Doorstop, 2022)
