Hunker
Following on from Steven Lovatt's evisceration of 'heft' and Chris Edgoose's denunciation of 'palimpsest', Jane Routh takes on ‘hunker'
Photo by Mathias Reding
Features
We can never be passengers any more
Alan Buckley gives us his close reading of the poem 'The Walkers' by John Glenday
The Right Questions
Will Daunt looks at the work of Roger Elkin and the critical relevance of his latest project The F Word
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Mike Barlow, Helena Nelson and Martin Figura choose favourite funny-serious poems by e. e. cummings, Mark Halliday and Peter Howard
Smiley yellow ball photograph by Chaitanya Pillala on Unsplash
Vivat Mariscat
The Friday Poem talks to Hamish Whyte of Mariscat Press about current Scottish Galvanisers, the timidity of contemporary review culture, and to blurb or not to blurb
Castaway Companions
Castaway poet Rachael Matthews choses poems by Jennifer L Knox, Adrienne Rich, and Kathleen Jamie for her desert island stay
With a pink and a pink and a pinkie-pick
Unpack a Poem: Steven Lovatt on 'The Loaf' by Paul Muldoon
Hooks and Visions: Sylvia Plath and Me
Poet Sarah Corbett takes a break from her role as producer and director of the Sylvia Plath Literary Festival to talk about what first drew her to Plath's work
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Matthew Stewart, Annie Fisher and Christopher James choose funny-serious poems by Maria Taylor, Luke Kennard and Billy Collins
Gathering flowers
In Conversation: The Friday Poem talks to Kathryn Gray and Andrew Neilson, founders and editors of digital poetry journal Bad Lilies
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Funny poems by Norman MacCaig, William Makepeace Thackeray and Alexander Hutchison, chosen by Chris Edgoose, D.A. Prince and Richie McCaffery
My boy is painting outer space
Unpack a poem: Ben Wilkinson on 'The Circle' by Don Paterson