He turns to her, she turns to him
Annie Fisher reviews Pearls: the complete Mr and Mrs Philpott poems by Helena Nelson (HappenStance, 2022)
Archive
Finding the source
Tom Sastry writes about politics, connection and what poetry is for
Revelations 01/01/2022
by Jane Burn — try harder lose weight skim the weight from your clumsy bones / make a bit more of an effort get fit this is a new start forget / all the empty promises grow your hair vow yourself amazing
Observation
by Nicola Sealey — ‘I like a look of Agony, / Because I know it’s true — Emily Dickinson // I have noticed / when I am gripped and wrung / by agony, and manage / to catch its distilled drops // in a poem
Do poets need their own union?
What power do we have, as poets, individually or collectively? Do we need our own union? And what would a union campaign for, or against?
Whichever life we live, it’s the other calls
Carl Tomlinson reviews Hotel Anonymous by Mike Barlow (Pindrop, 2021)
Considering the effects
Matthew Paul looks at poems featuring bowls by Stephen Payne, Pauline Stainer and Ted Walker
Don’t be a bitch, don’t be a pushover
Editorial — On the Friday Poem reviewer guidelines and critical review culture in poetry
Poems for Ukraine 29/04/22
'When Yuriy Glodan Went Shopping in Odesa' by Sue Norton
and 'Cat' by Deborah Finding are our Poems for Ukraine this week
Selected Ambient Works
Bruno Cooke reviews You've got so many machines, Richard: an anthology of Aphex Twin poetry, edited by Rishi Dastidar and Aaron Kent (Broken Sleep, 2022)