The Friday Poem Christmas Quiz
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Six Christmas Poems
Christmas poems by Louis MacNeice, e.e. cummings, Benjamin Zephaniah, James Arthur, Allison Joseph and Jane Kenyon
Unsplash images from Darius Cotoi, edik niko, Suzy Brooks and Zachary Delorenzo
Judging a book by its cover
Friday Poem eds Hilary Menos and Andy Brodie bemoan dull covers and make a plea for brightness, legibility and a bit of funky design
Castaway Companions
Castaway poet Samuel Tongue chooses poems by Gillian Clarke, Dylan Thomas and Alexander Hutchison for his desert island stay
Photo by Alan McRedie
We certainly like our poets to be challenging in what they say but perhaps less so in how they say it!
We talk to Mike Bartholomew-Biggs from London Grip about managing poetry reviews, London Grip New Poetry, the re-launch of Poetry in the Crypt, and the joy of maths
Hunker
Following on from Steven Lovatt's evisceration of 'heft' and Chris Edgoose's denunciation of 'palimpsest', Jane Routh takes on ‘hunker'
Photo by Mathias Reding
We can never be passengers any more
Alan Buckley gives us his close reading of the poem 'The Walkers' by John Glenday
The Right Questions
Will Daunt looks at the work of Roger Elkin and the critical relevance of his latest project The F Word
This barter of enthusiasm 3
Mike Barlow, Helena Nelson and Martin Figura choose favourite funny-serious poems by e. e. cummings, Mark Halliday and Peter Howard
Smiley yellow ball photograph by Chaitanya Pillala on Unsplash
Vivat Mariscat
The Friday Poem talks to Hamish Whyte of Mariscat Press
Castaway Companions
Castaway poet Rachael Matthews choses poems by Jennifer L Knox, Adrienne Rich, and Kathleen Jamie for her desert island stay