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One kid looking on in wonder

Feature: Matthew Stewart explores Ben Wilkinson’s poetic development and looks at his new collection, Same Difference

Ups and Downs

In Conversation: The Friday Poem talks to Lorna Dowell, poet, teacher and former Mole Valley Poet Laureate

One year of daft editorial pictures

Photo-feature: Editorial picture shenanigans

The hail clanjamfrie’s singin

Feature: Regina Weinert writes in memory of William Bonar (1953-2021)

Castaway Companions

Castaway: Sarah Wimbush chooses three poems to take to a desert island

Finding the source

Feature: Tom Sastry writes about politics, connection and what poetry is for

Considering the effects

Essay: Matthew Paul looks at poems featuring bowls by Stephen Payne, Pauline Stainer and Ted Walker

The Competition Poem

Feature: The Frip asks is there such a thing as the "competition poem"?

The Understory Conversation: Building Connection

Feature: Charlotte Gann talks about her new project, The Understory

North and South

Photo-feature: Rory Waterman talks about his time as international writer in residence for Bucheon UNESCO City of Literature

paid

Feature: Andrew McMillan on the challenges and rewards of poetry commissions

Poetry: a lockdown journey

Feature: Sophie Buchaillard talks about the Writers on Reading podcast, how poetry can be a real conversation between writer and reader, and about the future of Welsh poetry
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