Poems for Ukraine 22/04/22
'Running as an act of defiance' by Iain Whiteley
and 'A View from Finland' by Eileen Anne Gordon
are our Poems for Ukraine this week
Archive
The Understory Conversation: Building Connection
Charlotte Gann talks about her new project, The Understory Conversation
I would make a language out of this
Stephen Payne reviews Speechless at Inch by James Caruth (Smith|Doorstop, 2021)
Song
by Martin Edwards — As you walk it becomes clear / that the far mountains / will never get /
any nearer. // Although you started out early, / walking briskly and singing / songs about the lands / beyond
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
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