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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

The cutty’s goistering

Feature: The Friday Poem talks to poet and gardener Jackie Wills

A salve to strengthen heart and happiness

Feature: The Friday Poem talks to Deb Alma, poet, teacher, editor, and founder of the world’s first walk-in Poetry Pharmacy and café

Danger leaps from off the page

Feature: Annie Fisher looks at some of the best new poetry anthologies for children

Nine tradesmen and a beaver

Feature: Edward Wakeling introduces 'The Hunting of the Snark' by Lewis Carroll

Castaway Companions

Castaway Companions: Roy Marshall chooses poems by David Jones, Paul Batchelor and John Donne (and a few more besides)
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