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Castaway Companions

Helen Evans chooses poems by Mary Oliver, William Stafford and Marie Howe, plus Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Kathryn Maris and Rebecca Elson

Bruno Cooke checks out a Lyrical Lunacy poetry open mic night in Bangkok

We talk to Ryan Van Winkle, the new Artistic Director for StAnza

Sam Dolbear and Adam Green look at some 9th century examples of "pattern poetry"

Sarah Leavesley chooses poems by Matthew Arnold, Jacques Prévert and Lorine Niedecker

Cliff Yates treats us to a tour of his poetry bookshelf

Jon Stone takes a deep dive into how he approaches a poem

Jill Abram chooses poems by Edward Lear, Lemn Sissay and Jacqueline Saphra to take to her desert island

Zoë Walkington on how she managed to merge her two identities as poet and psychologist

Helena Nelson plays with Shapeshifting for Beginners by Emma Simon (Salt, 2023)

Paul Stephenson and Lisa Kelly exchange letters on the poetry of Wallace Stevens

Poet and financial journalist Emma Simon picks six poems about money