‘What is the language using us for?’
Helena Nelson reviews Isdal by Susannah Dickey (Picador, 2023)
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A simple tree rooted in a quiet dream
Helena Nelson considers the pros and cons of Tree Poetry
What are poets really after?
Helena Nelson considers the pros and cons of the ‘after’ epigraph, poetry’s exclusive codes, and the necessary art of bluffing
Meanwhile in Camelot
Helena Nelson reviews The Big Calls by Glyn Maxwell (Live Canon, 2023)
Hanging onto Tam Lin in The Arctic
Helena Nelson reviews The Arctic by Don Paterson (Faber, 2022)
Uncharted territory
Helena Nelson reviews Imperium by Jay Gao (Carcanet, 2022)
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
Poetry editors have a love/hate relationship with poetry
In Conversation: The Friday Poem talks to Helena Nelson about the future of poetry publishing, the cult of personality and where to find good poetry today