Castaway Companions
Sarah Leavesley chooses poems by Matthew Arnold, Jacques Prévert and Lorine Niedecker
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
Vanessa Lampert chooses poems by Matthew Dickman, Dorianne Laux and Karen Solie for her desert island
Nell Prince gives us a tour of her poetry bookshelf and recommends Catullus, Herrick and Frost
Tim Atkins selects five Christmas poems – "gifts that really should never have been given"
We unpack three of Guillaume Apollinaire's 'calligrammes'