Essay
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The grief I cast is for me
Matthew Paul celebrates the life and poetry of Ted Walker
![Photo of Tom standing on a a river bank with a bridge in the background. He has a dark beard and glasses and is wearing a blue waterproof jacket and a grey check scarf](https://thefridaypoem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Tom-Sastry-pic-320x225.jpg)
Finding the source
Tom Sastry writes about politics, connection and what poetry is for
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Considering the effects
Matthew Paul looks at poems featuring bowls by Stephen Payne, Pauline Stainer and Ted Walker
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Parcels of light
Richie McCaffery looks at the poetry of Elizabeth Burns
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By golly, I’ve got it
Bruno Cooke explores how the poetry of the 1918 Spanish flu compares with the poetry of the present Covid-19 pandemic