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The hail clanjamfrie’s singin

Regina Weinert writes in memory of William Bonar (1953-2021)

Photo by Kim Ayres

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Castaway Companions

Castaway poet Sarah Wimbush chooses poems by Ted Hughes, Liz Berry and Paul Bentley to take to a desert island

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Considering the effects

Matthew Paul looks at poems featuring bowls by Stephen Payne, Pauline Stainer and Ted Walker

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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

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The Understory Conversation: Building Connection

Charlotte Gann talks about her new project, The Understory Conversation

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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

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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

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Four thrilling new worlds

Maggie Mackay looks at the four winning pamphlets of The Poetry Business International Book & Pamphlet Competition 2021

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Houses of the poets

Christopher James tells all about his new 'side-hustle' — paper cut-ups of poets houses

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Castaway Companions

Castaway poet Julia Bird chooses three poems by Michael Donaghy, Eileen Pun and John Keats to take to a desert island

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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

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