The Friday Poem

A poem every Friday

Picasso, ici, je te vois, et je te nomme

Feature: Rowan Bell on the relationship between artist Picasso and poet Paul Éluard

This barter of enthusiasm 6

Feature: Andrew Neilson, Emma Simon and Jonathan Davidson choose poems by Roddy Lumsden, Lorraine Mariner and Kit Wright

What I think about when I think about English-Language Haiku

Feature: On Haiku — An essay, with three commentaries, by Matthew Paul

I drove all the way to Cape Disappointment

Unpack a poem: Rachel Burns takes a close look at the opening poem of frank: sonnets by Diane Seuss

Strength in symbols – and silence

Feature: Bruno Cooke meets Santo Niña, the Filipino poet, journalist and activist who uses poetry and social media to give voice to the voiceless

Poetry and Everyday Sexism

Feature: Hilary Menos talks to Kim Moore about everyday sexism, her recent Forward prize-winning poetry collection All the Men I Never Married and her new collection of lyric essays Are You Judging Me Yet?

You are the player. Wake up.

Feature: Inigo Brodie on the End Poem in Minecraft

Choose a poem, learn it by heart, share it out loud

Feature: Hilary Menos talks to Julie Blake, co-founder of Poetry By Heart

This barter of enthusiasm 5

Feature: Matthew Paul, Charlotte Gann and Rory Waterman choose poems by Geoff Hattersley, Kathy Pimlott and Wendy Cope

All Quite Thoroughly Dirty (Part Two)

Feature: Alan Buckley continues his close reading of ‘Filling Station’ by Elizabeth Bishop

This is for the poets

Feature: Bruno Cooke on new prizes for Spoken Word Poetry

All Quite Thoroughly Dirty

Feature: Alan Buckley has a close look at ‘Filling Station’ by Elizabeth Bishop (Part One)