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'Derek's Thoughts on Bodies in Motion by Jonathan Humble' in black text on white with a yellow Friday Poem blob over the top right hand side.

Derek’s Thoughts on Bodies in Motion

21/06/2024

by Jonathan Humble — Sir Isaac Newton delivered an apple pie the other day. / Wanted to give it to my dog Derek / as a token of thanks ...

Continue ReadingDerek’s Thoughts on Bodies in Motion
Photograph of two people walking on the beach at low tide. A shadowy coaster is seen in the background. This may or may not be relevant.

There now

20/06/2024

D. A. Prince reviews This is You, Dear Stranger by Paula Jennings (Red Squirrel Press, 2024)

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Quote on the poem page. "If then the teeth, designed for various use, Decay and ache, 'tis only from abuse; And lo, triumphant art can well ensure, At least a remedy, if not cure.

Dentologia: A Poem on the Diseases of the Teeth (1833)

20/06/2024

Hunter Dukes on an eighty page poem by 'The Poet Laureate of Dentistry'

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‘Vlad Dracul Is Pissed Off That You People Killed His Wife by Matthew Bullen’ in black text on white with a yellow Friday Poem blob in the top left hand corner.

Vlad Dracul Is Pissed Off That You People Killed His Wife

14/06/2024

by Matthew Bullen — I’m sitting in a rough deck chair / in a tiny gravel park on the edge  / of what the city calls its town square / for the arts ...

Continue ReadingVlad Dracul Is Pissed Off That You People Killed His Wife
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Nothing left to carve but the eye

13/06/2024

Helena Nelson reviews Exposure by Eric Yip (Ignition Press, 2024)

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Two book covers, one yellow, one green.

A commitment to honour women

13/06/2024

Khadija Rouf reviews A Coalition of Cheetahs by Doreen Gurrey and Spin by Laurie Bolger

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‘My Dog Brings me Back to Death by Victoria Gatehouse’ in black text on white with a teeny yellow Friday Poem blob over the words ‘My Dog'.

My Dog Brings me Back to Death

07/06/2024

by Victoria Gatehouse — When he doesn’t respond to my call / I leave the path, push bracken aside / to find him rolling on badger pelt ...

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A photograph of a bearded man with wild greying hair. The words 'LIFE'S ALWAYS BEEN A BATTLE BETWEEN DEAD POETS AND LIVING' are superimposed in white text.

Making sense of an often-meaningless world

06/06/2024

Bruno Cooke talks to Darby Hudson, the bearded Australian poet in the cuddly jumper

Continue ReadingMaking sense of an often-meaningless world
Photograph of Katrina walking on a beach wearing a round black hat. (photo Joe Grabham).

Evoking the Natural World

06/06/2024

Rowan Bell talks to Katrina Porteous about the power of dialect words, plagiarism, and writing for radio

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'Designated Driver by A. A. Gunther' in black text on white with a teeny yellow Friday Poem blob over part of the word 'Driver'.

Designated Driver

31/05/2024

by A. A. Gunther — Let them depend on me for once, I think. / I’ll buy their drinks. Get them the round for free, / Let them depend on me ...

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Say I was born in peacetime

30/05/2024

Annie Fisher reviews Ruin, Blossom by John Burnside (Cape, 2024)

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Oh tears and blood

30/05/2024

Hilary Menos reviews The Snow Globe by Jenny Pagdin (Nine Arches, 2024)

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