Progress was made
Poet and literature activist Jonathan Davidson considers the concept of 'progress' in poetry
Features
Ticking its own wild time
Tony Curtis on 'In the Theatre' by Dannie Abse, a poem which changed his life as a writer
Photo credit and copyright Amit Lennon
Castaway Companions
Castaway Poet Suzannah Evans chooses poems by Ian McMillan, Marie Howe and Tony Hoagland to take to a desert island
Collaboration and Transformation II
Clare Best on collaborating with composers and musicians, translators and book designers
Photo credit: Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Collaboration and Transformation I
Clare Best on her experiences of collaborative artistic work
Photo by Laura Stevens
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
We know that the more astute and observant Friday Poem readers will have been wondering WTF or even WTAF has been going on with the monthly editorial photos ...