North and South
Rory Waterman talks about his time as international writer in residence for Bucheon UNESCO City of Literature and his commission to write about the border
Archive
If symptoms persist
by Mark Fiddes — one of our Poems for Ukraine
Three pamphlets: Sarah Mnatzaganian, Judi Sutherland and Hugo Williams
Matthew Paul reviews Lemonade in the Armenian Quarter by Sarah Mnatzaganian, Maggie Mackay reviews Following Teisa by Judi Sutherland and Hilary Menos reviews Badlands by Hugo Williams
Statues to honour hunger
Fiona Moore reviews Eat Or We Both Starve by Victoria Kennefick (Carcanet, 2021)
Presence
by Marcia Menter — I had to mute my phone and cover the screen / to keep your texts from waking me at night. / Something evil, something you’d almost seen / had breached your dining room and lay in wait —
paid
Andrew McMillan was commissioned to write a poem for the Nymphs and Thugs Disarm Hate x Poetry project. He talks about how he did it, about the impact of public art, and about how a commission can challenge a poet to make something completely new
Waiting with Leszek
by June Wentland — This hospital is a strange place, / he tells us. It’s a ship that sails. // He’s not sure if intent is there or not: / a liner responding to schedules // or a nurse driven mad by over work — / releasing wards
Poems for Ukraine 08/04/22
'Safety Advice' by Erica Hesketh and
'The Song of Siskin' by Mark Russell
Poetry: a lockdown journey
Sophie Buchaillard talks about the Writers on Reading podcast, how poetry can be a real conversation between writer and reader, and about the future of Welsh poetry
Three pamphlets: Martin Figura, Leontia Flynn and Naush Sabah
Khadija Rouf reviews My Name is Mercy by Martin Figura (Fair Acre, 2021), Hilary Menos reviews Nina Simone is Singing by Leontia Flynn (Mariscat Press, 2021), and Mat Riches reviews Litanies by Naush Sabah (Guillemot, 2021)