Collaboration and Transformation I
Clare Best on her experiences of collaborative artistic work
Photo by Laura Stevens
Features
After the first phase, after the great fall
In the first of a new series of close readings, Hilary Menos unpacks the poem ‘Incredible’ by Simon Armitage
The grief I cast is for me
Matthew Paul celebrates the life and poetry of Ted Walker
Sky blue pink
Bruno Cooke on the many faces of artist, poet and social worker Tom Stockley
Photo by Will Thomas
Testament
Christopher James has made a paper cut-up of the Kyiv home of Ukrainian poet, Taras Shevchenko
Castaway Companions
Castaway poet Anne Rouse chooses poems by H.D. and Yeats, and Helen Waddell's translation of 'Die Christi Veritas', to take to a desert island
One kid looking on in wonder
Matthew Stewart explores Ben Wilkinson’s poetic development and looks at his new collection, Same Difference (Seren, 2022)
One year of daft editorial pictures
WTAF has been going on with the monthly editorial photos ...
The hail clanjamfrie’s singin
Regina Weinert writes in memory of William Bonar (1953-2021)
Photo by Kim Ayres
Castaway Companions
Castaway poet Sarah Wimbush chooses poems by Ted Hughes, Liz Berry and Paul Bentley to take to a desert island
Considering the effects
Matthew Paul looks at poems featuring bowls by Stephen Payne, Pauline Stainer and Ted Walker
The Competition Poem
Is there such a thing as the competition poem? And, if there is, how do you write it? The Frip talks to Ian Duhig, Helena Nelson and Christopher James to find out