What does Hilary Menos say?
I like poetry that keeps the lid on AND lets the pig out ...
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What does Chris Edgoose say?
I've enjoyed poetry since studying it at school — the War Poets and Elizabeth Jennings left a particular impression ...
What does Maggie Mackay say?
I found poetry through the Open University creative writing courses which I studied after retirement from teaching ...
What does Charlotte Gann say?
I loved it studying English at school. I remember being cast as First Voice in Under Milk Wood in the school play ...
What does Steven Lovatt say?
How did I get into poetry? Externally, having librarians for parents helped. Temperamentally it’s more complicated ...
What does Rory Waterman say?
At primary school, we had a teacher who encouraged us to write poems, and I realised I was relatively good at putting words into action ...
He turns to her, she turns to him
Annie Fisher reviews Pearls: the complete Mr and Mrs Philpott poems by Helena Nelson (HappenStance, 2022)
Castaway Companions
We asked poets to choose three poems which they would take with them if they were stranded on a desert island. We wanted to know where they first read them, why they have particular significance and how they have impacted their own work. Read their responses — funny, moving and eloquent.
