• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer
The Friday Poem

The Friday Poem

A poem every Friday

  • About
    • Masthead
    • Contributors
  • Archive
    • Search the archive
    • Friday Poems
    • Reviews
    • Features
  • Subscribe

Steven Lovatt

black white head shot of the poet, he is looking upwards to the left and his chin is resting in his hand

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

Continue readingI’d found a home
The Words Cheryl's Destinies in slightly curly script are seen twice, a white version reflecting a pink version both on a black background.

Like a bride with a posy of stout

Steven Lovatt reviews Cheryl’s Destinies by Stephen Sexton (Penguin, 2021)

Continue readingLike a bride with a posy of stout
Selima Hill wearing a scarf around her neck and a headscarf/bandanna type of thing. It looks good.

Distracted by eyelashes

Steven Lovatt reviews Men Who Feed Pigeons by Selima Hill (Bloodaxe, 2021)

Continue readingDistracted by eyelashes

Heft

In the first of our occasional series on words that have editors reaching for the red pen, Steven Lovatt eviscerates ‘heft’

Continue readingHeft
Book cover of Restorations by Rosalind Hudis. It's abstract art, or maybe a picture of mountains, in blue and dark red against pale pink.

In the end it was a matter of woodworm

Steven Lovatt reviews Restorations by Ros Hudis (Seren, 2021)

Continue readingIn the end it was a matter of woodworm
Front cover of 'Still' by Christopher Meredith showing two small black birds perched on a tree branch in the snow

Halfway between stillness and flight

Steven Lovatt reviews Still by Christopher Meredith (Seren, 2021)

Continue readingHalfway between stillness and flight
  • Previous
  • Page 1
  • Page 2

Site Footer

If you like what you see and want to help us continue in our quest to brighten the online poetry landscape, you can donate a few quid to The Friday Poem.
Oh look – here’s a button that will take you straight to our donation page on Ko-Fi !

.

  • About us
  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • Mentions Légales

Copyright © 2025 · The Friday Poem · All Rights Reserved · follow the Friday Poem on Twitter · follow the Friday Poem on Facebook · ISSN  2968-7675 follow the Friday Poem follow the Friday Poem on

Websites need cookies, it's quite the thing nowadays. We use as few as possible. Okay