Enter some text to search. Or just browse.Staring an instant out of the dark Feature: Cliff Yates treats us to a tour of his poetry bookshelf ‘Next time you dive’ (or How to play a poem) Feature: Jon Stone on what we need to do to broaden the readership of poetry Castaway Companions Castaway Companions: Jill Abram chooses poems by Edward Lear, Lemn Sissay and Jacqueline Saphra to take to her desert island Uncomfortable Bedfellows – Criminal Psychology and Writing Poetry Feature: Uncomfortable Bedfellows – Zoe Walkington on Criminal Psychology and Writing Poetry Are Poetry Reviews Pointless? Feature / Book Review: Is it possible to review poetry in a more imaginative way? Inspired by Jon Stone’s Poems Are Toys, Helena Nelson reports on Shapeshifting for Beginners by Emma Simon (Salt, 2023) Sing a Song of Sixpence Feature: Poet and financial journalist Emma Simon selects six poems about money Castaway Companions Castaway Companions: Vanessa Lampert chooses poems by Matthew Dickman, Dorianne Laux and Karen Solie to take to her desert island Poetry Humbug: five poems to ruin Christmas Feature: Poetry Humbug: five poems to ruin Christmas Poems of peace and war Feature: Who was Guillaume Apollinaire and why did he make pictures of words? We unpack three of his 'calligrammes' – an early contribution to concrete poetry There is a happy land Feature: Ian Harker looks at the poetry scene in Leeds The toad, the child, the sapling Feature: Richard Meier treats us to a tour of his bookshelf This barter of enthusiasm 9 Feature: Helen Evans, Rachel Burns and Oliver Comins choose poems by U. A. Fanthorpe, Bobby Parker and Tishani Doshi ‹ 1 2 3 4 … 14 ›