The Friday Poem

A poem every Friday

Matthew Paul

a green lawn close up with some bowling balls on it , a red flash on the top left corner reads "The Worlds finest bowls"

Considering the effects

Matthew Paul looks at poems featuring bowls by Stephen Payne, Pauline Stainer and Ted Walker
The three pamphlet covers, Sarah's is white with a green diagonal flash, Judi's has the title in a blue oval on a background pencil drawing of a river and rocks and Hugo's is the shadow of banister railings non a light brown background.

Three pamphlets: Mnatzaganian, Sutherland and Williams

Matthew Paul reviews Lemonade in the Armenian Quarter by Sarah Mnatzaganian, Maggie Mackay reviews Following Teisa by Judi Sutherland and Hilary Menos reviews Badlands by Hugo Williams
Pathé News Visits the Ace of Spades

Pathé News Visits the Ace of Spades

by Matthew Paul — The crew don’t capture Noël and Ivor snorting cocaine / off the black-marble bar; the gargoyles they actually film / are me and my pals: Marcel waves
Black and white image of Patricia Beer, she is wearing a dark jacket and is standing in front of conifers. Her expression is knowing.

Compassion in strange places

Matthew Paul on the life and poetry of Patricia Beer