The Friday Poem

A poem every Friday

castaway

Black and white photograph of Katherine

Looking for something, something, something

Castaway poet Katherine Towers chooses poems by Wallace Stevens, Alice Oswald and Elizabeth Bishop
Photograph of Helen Evans. She has short grey hair and is clasping her hands and leaning to her left.

Castaway Companions

Helen Evans chooses poems by Mary Oliver, William Stafford and Marie Howe, plus Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Kathryn Maris and Rebecca Elson
Photo of Sarah Leavesley standing in front of a brick wall. She is holding two bits of a picture frame. Oh! She's framed! But the bits of frame have words on ... 'Only ever part-' on the top one and '-ially framed' on the bottom one. Oh, I get it now. Clever.

Castaway Companions

Sarah Leavesley chooses poems by Matthew Arnold, Jacques Prévert and Lorine Niedecker
Castaway Companions

Castaway Companions

Castaway Poet Roy Marshall chooses poems by David Jones, Paul Batchelor and John Donne
Photo of Kathy Pimlott. She has short grey hair, glasses and is holding a glass of wine. She is wearing ablue polo necked jumper and a necklace of orange wooden beads. Photo by Matthew Paul.

Castaway Companions

Castaway Kathy Pimlott choses poems by Roger McGough, John Keats and Mimi Khalvati for her desert island stay


Photo by Matthew Paul
Photo of Samuel Tongue. He is wearing a blue shirt and has short brown hair. He is smiling and standing in front of a green hedge.

Castaway Companions

Castaway poet Samuel Tongue chooses poems by Gillian Clarke, Dylan Thomas and Alexander Hutchison for his desert island stay


Photo by Alan McRedie
Photo of Suzannah Evans, she has shoulder length brown hair, glasses and a light blue shirt with pictures of birds on.

Castaway Companions

Castaway Poet Suzannah Evans chooses poems by Ian McMillan, Marie Howe and Tony Hoagland to take to a desert island
Black and white photo of Ben Wilkinson, a young friendly looking man with glasses

Castaway Companions

Castaway poet Ben Wilkinson chooses three poems by Louis MacNeice, Stevie Smith and John Keats to take to a desert island