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The Friday Poem 'Las Ciguenas' by Matthew Stewart

Las Cigüeñas

by Matthew Stewart — The storks’ nest teeters on floodlight pylons, / bushy hair over thirty-two white eyes / that shine against the darkening skyline. // Just seconds left, the home team's pressing hard / for a winner

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photo of Joelle Taylor with very short blonde hair in a flowery shirt speaking into a mic

You who found your dream but could not spell it

Bruno Cooke meets Spoken Word poet Joelle Taylor and discusses activism, education and the power of poetry

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Crop from cover of RENDANG by Will Harris, bright red blue and yellow letters on white

You can never know for certain whose head you’re in

Mat Riches reviews RENDANG by Will Harris (Granta, 2020), winner of the Forward Prize for Best First Collection 2020

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green front cover of poetry book How To Wash A Heart by Bhanu Kapil

A literature that is not made of literature

Hilary Menos reviews How To Wash A Heart by Bhanu Kapil, winner of the TS Eliot Prize 2020

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The Friday Poem 'Book' by Meg Peacocke

Book

by Meg Peacocke —The Book of the unknown foetus. / The Book of cats in bags, pigs in pokes, / Moses in baskets with all the eggs. / The Book of errors, terrors, accidents (happy), / accidents (unhappy, Vol. II).

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Friday Poems in the Anglosphere

Feature: The Frip has a scout around for other Friday Poems, from Pan Macmillan and Seren in the UK to radio and print in Australia, New Zealand and the USA

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The two editors of The Friday Poem Hilary Menos and Andy Brodie dressed up and posing as as American Gothic

Our hope for The Friday Poem

Editorial: Hilary Menos and Andy Brodie say hello and welcome to The Friday Poem

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