The hail clanjamfrie’s singin
Regina Weinert writes in memory of William Bonar (1953-2021)
Photo by Kim Ayres
Features
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
The Understory Conversation: Building Connection
Charlotte Gann talks about her new project, The Understory Conversation
North and South
Rory Waterman talks about his time as international writer in residence for Bucheon UNESCO City of Literature and his commission to write about the border
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Andrew McMillan was commissioned to write a poem for the Nymphs and Thugs Disarm Hate x Poetry project. He talks about how he did it, about the impact of public art, and about how a commission can challenge a poet to make something completely new
Poetry: a lockdown journey
Sophie Buchaillard talks about the Writers on Reading podcast, how poetry can be a real conversation between writer and reader, and about the future of Welsh poetry
Four thrilling new worlds
Maggie Mackay looks at the four winning pamphlets of The Poetry Business International Book & Pamphlet Competition 2021
Houses of the poets
Christopher James tells all about his new 'side-hustle' — paper cut-ups of poets houses
Castaway Companions
Castaway poet Julia Bird chooses three poems by Michael Donaghy, Eileen Pun and John Keats to take to a desert island
I’d found a home
Steven Lovatt on reading poetry in translation, discovering Czesław Miłosz’s anthology Post-War Polish Poets, and the style and sensibility of Zbigniew Herbert