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Poetry and Everyday Sexism
We talk 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.
Inigo Brodie on the story behind the Minecraft End Poem, and how sometimes poetry is the only option
Ender Dragon Image: Mojang/Microsoft
Ender Dragon Image: Mojang/Microsoft

Choose a poem, learn it by heart, share it out loud
Julie Blake, co-founder of Poetry By Heart, talks about the benefits of learning poetry, the joys of performance, and the Poetry By Heart national poetry speaking competition
Photos by Sam Strickland
Photos by Sam Strickland

This barter of enthusiasm 5
Matthew Paul, Charlotte Gann and Rory Waterman choose poems by Geoff Hattersley, Kathy Pimlott and Wendy Cope

All Quite Thoroughly Dirty (Part Two)
Alan Buckley continues his close reading of ‘Filling Station’ by Elizabeth Bishop (Part Two)

This is for the poets
Bruno Cooke says the new Forward Prize category for Best Single Poem – Performed shows that the literary establishment is finally starting to take an interest in Spoken Word Poetry

All Quite Thoroughly Dirty
Alan Buckley looks at ‘Filling Station’ by Elizabeth Bishop (Part One)

The difficult visiting times
Philip Gross discusses writing poetry about his family in The Wasting Game and Deep Field, the importance of self-knowledge, and what makes a 'good' poem

Poetry in Uganda
Rowan Bell visits Kampala and meets Mercy Geno Apachi, performance poet, and Jordan Megolonyo, founder of the Klan poetry house

26 things you only know if you’re a poet
by Tim Relf

This barter of enthusiasm 4
Mat Riches, Jane Routh and Alan Buckley choose favourite funny-serious poems by Matthew Sweeney, Michael McCarthy and Kathryn Maris

What’s on Maria Taylor’s bookshelf?
British Cypriot poet and reviewer Maria Taylor tells us which books have been important to her in her life and in her poetry