All Quite Thoroughly Dirty
Alan Buckley looks at ‘Filling Station’ by Elizabeth Bishop (Part One)
Features
The difficult visiting times
Philip Gross discusses writing poetry about his family in The Wasting Game and Deep Field, the importance of self-knowledge, and what makes a 'good' poem
Poetry in Uganda
Rowan Bell visits Kampala and meets Mercy Geno Apachi, performance poet, and Jordan Megolonyo, founder of the Klan poetry house
This barter of enthusiasm 4
Mat Riches, Jane Routh and Alan Buckley choose favourite funny-serious poems by Matthew Sweeney, Michael McCarthy and Kathryn Maris
What’s on Maria Taylor’s bookshelf?
British Cypriot poet and reviewer Maria Taylor tells us which books have been important to her in her life and in her poetry
Down in the soily waters
Natalie Shaw gives us a close reading of the poem 'Maybe; maybe not' by Denise Riley
Pierre Bonnard and the art of writing poetry
Rowan Bell on impressionist Pierre Bonnard and the art of writing poetry
Castaway Companions
Castaway Kathy Pimlott choses poems by Roger McGough, John Keats and Mimi Khalvati for her desert island stay
Photo by Matthew Paul
We have to find the right authors and the right commercial strategy to recover. It may take us five years
The Frip talks to Chris Hamilton-Emery, poet and director of Salt Publishing
Twenty four Quotes About Poetry: Who Said What?
Grab a cuppa and have a go at our Twenty Quotes About Poetry Quiz — Who Said What?
Help the next person find their way through the dark
We have picked six New Year's poems with a difference to help you navigate the end of one year and the beginning of the next