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A still from the 2D block game Minecraft. A small figure with a sword is running towards a large dragon ... One way or another it's going to be carnage.

You are the player. Wake up.

Inigo Brodie on the story behind the Minecraft End Poem, and how sometimes poetry is the only option

Ender Dragon Image: Mojang/Microsoft

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We see the back of a young girl standing on the stage at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. She is wearing a denim jacket and her arms are outstretched.

Choose a poem, learn it by heart, share it out loud

Julie Blake, co-founder of Poetry By Heart, talks about the benefits of learning poetry, the joys of performance, and the Poetry By Heart national poetry speaking competition

Photos by Sam Strickland

Continue readingChoose a poem, learn it by heart, share it out loud
A photograph showing Reg Varney sitting in his London bus.If you're old enough you'll remember 'On the buses'. "That's made my day that has, that's really made my day."

This barter of enthusiasm 5

Matthew Paul, Charlotte Gann and Rory Waterman choose poems by Geoff Hattersley, Kathy Pimlott and Wendy Cope

Continue readingThis barter of enthusiasm 5
Close up of text on Elizabeth Bishop's gravestone. Under her name It says "All the untidy activity continues, awful but cheerful"

All Quite Thoroughly Dirty (Part Two)

Alan Buckley continues his close reading of ‘Filling Station’ by Elizabeth Bishop (Part Two)

Continue readingAll Quite Thoroughly Dirty (Part Two)
Black and white photo showing Elizabeth Bishop standing in front of some rocks.

All Quite Thoroughly Dirty

Alan Buckley looks at ‘Filling Station’ by Elizabeth Bishop (Part One)

Continue readingAll Quite Thoroughly Dirty
A photograph of Phillip Gross. He is looking quizzical and has grey hair and a beard.

The difficult visiting times

Philip Gross discusses writing poetry about his family in The Wasting Game and Deep Field, the importance of self-knowledge, and what makes a 'good' poem

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A photograph of Mercy and Jordan in Kampala. They are smiling.

Poetry in Uganda

Rowan Bell visits Kampala and meets Mercy Geno Apachi, performance poet, and Jordan Megolonyo, founder of the Klan poetry house

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Black and white photograph showing a poet sitting outside at a tiny table with a typewriter. There is a handwritten sign saying "Poet for hire, pay what you like".

26 things you only know if you’re a poet

by Tim Relf

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A black and white photograph of a woman's face; she is smiling.

This barter of enthusiasm 4

Mat Riches, Jane Routh and Alan Buckley choose favourite funny-serious poems by Matthew Sweeney, Michael McCarthy and Kathryn Maris

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Poetry books on a bookshelf, at least forty of them. I am not going to list them all here, but many appear in the article.

What’s on Maria Taylor’s bookshelf?

British Cypriot poet and reviewer Maria Taylor tells us which books have been important to her in her life and in her poetry

Continue readingWhat’s on Maria Taylor’s bookshelf?
Natalie Shaw, wearing glasses and standing in front of a green wall with a framed painting on it.

Down in the soily waters

Natalie Shaw gives us a close reading of the poem 'Maybe; maybe not' by Denise Riley

Continue readingDown in the soily waters
Painting showing a woman sitting at a table with a red and white check tablecloth, she is drinking coffee and a small brown dachshund has its paws on the table next to her.

Pierre Bonnard and the art of writing poetry

Rowan Bell on impressionist Pierre Bonnard and the art of writing poetry

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