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Tim Murphy

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Stewart Sanderson standing in a field in front of the Cheviots. He is smiling.. well, why not? It looks like a great place.

Crossing the Line: Walking in the Cheviots with Dante

Stewart Sanderson considers the notion of 'crossing the line' in poetry while walking his beloved Cheviot hills

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Isabelle Thompson

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Rachael Matthews

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Helena Nelson

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Of difference, and of faith and its loss

Maggie Mackay reviews Hymnal by Julia Bell (Parthian, 2023)

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Alan Buckley

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Evolution

by Colm Scully — These days I remember things that never happened; / how the world was won / by us, through our evolution, / winning each fitness battle that we fought. // How we changed just the right amount / at just the right time

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The Break

by Tim Goldstone — You see them from the village / only as tiny silhouetted off grid figures / high on the exposed ridge / bending straightening bending / all day long / patching holes / in crumbling dry stone walls, / hot coffee-splutters

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Portion of a book cover showing an abstract image (I know , another one, but this one is quite good). The background is horizontal thick blue and red wavy lines. On top of this are some flat yellow graphics representing wooden signposts.

Haunted, haunting, cursed and cursing

Bruno Cooke reviews Farewell Tour by Stefan Mohamed (Verve, 2022)

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The Friday Poem Christmas Quiz

Try your hand at the Friday Poem 2022 Christmas Quiz

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Christmas Quiz Answers

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