January 2024 Frip

‘Next time you dive’ (or How to play a poem)
Jon Stone takes a deep dive into how he approaches a poem

Resisting the shadows
Clare Best reviews MX SIMP by Kate Hendry (Mariscat Press, 2023)

Castaway Companions
Jill Abram chooses poems by Edward Lear, Lemn Sissay and Jacqueline Saphra to take to her desert island

Uncomfortable Bedfellows – Criminal Psychology and Writing Poetry
Zoë Walkington on how she managed to merge her two identities as poet and psychologist

The dull click-clink of gold against formica
Isabelle Thompson reviews I Think We’re Alone Now by Abigail Parry (Bloodaxe Books, 2023)

The Heavyweight Champion of the World
Hilary Menos reviews Many Professional Wrestlers Never Retire by Dane Holt (The Lifeboat, 2023)

Are Poetry Reviews Pointless?
Helena Nelson plays with Shapeshifting for Beginners by Emma Simon (Salt, 2023)

Sing a Song of Sixpence
Poet and financial journalist Emma Simon picks six poems about money

Poems of peace and war
We unpack three of Guillaume Apollinaire's 'calligrammes'