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
Archive
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
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
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
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).
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
Our hope for The Friday Poem
Editorial: Hilary Menos and Andy Brodie say hello and welcome to The Friday Poem