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Twenty four Quotes About Poetry: Who Said What?

Grab a cuppa and have a go at our Twenty Quotes About Poetry Quiz — Who Said What?

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Trains necklacing the night

Mat Riches reviews Climacteric by Jo Bratten (Fly On The Wall Press, 2022)

A composite image made of six images, comprising a man looking at distant fireworks, a ticking bomb, a candle, some cows in a field, some burning paper and a pair of moccasins.I know right. You'll have to read the article to find out.

Help the next person find their way through the dark

We have picked six New Year's poems with a difference to help you navigate the end of one year and the beginning of the next

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The Friday Poem Christmas Quiz

Try your hand at the Friday Poem 2022 Christmas Quiz

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Murders, thefts and debts, quarrels and ‘domestics’

Jane Routh reviews Testimonies by Hamish Whyte (HappenStance Press, 2022)

A collection of six images showing a snowflake, a Christmas tree, a turkey, a close up of a hand removing a decoration from a tree, a black Santa and a toy train set.

Six Christmas Poems

Christmas poems by Louis MacNeice, e.e. cummings, Benjamin Zephaniah, James Arthur, Allison Joseph and Jane Kenyon

Unsplash images from Darius Cotoi, edik niko, Suzy Brooks and Zachary Delorenzo

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Drawing the clean light in and doing good

Annie Fisher reviews The Bigger Picture by D. A. Prince (HappenStance, 2022)

A soft labyrinth of signals

Hilary Menos reviews The Grass Boat by Imogen Forster (Mariscat, 2021)

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Judging a book by its cover

Friday Poem eds Hilary Menos and Andy Brodie bemoan dull covers and make a plea for brightness, legibility and a bit of funky design

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

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The wonders this lens can do!

Steven Lovatt reviews Ferenc Juhász: Selected Poems translated by David Wevill (Shearsman, 2022)

A black and white woodcut print. It is abstract in nature, but seems to show glasses, one upturned with a spider in it.

Put me in a drum and bang me

Tim Murphy reviews The Barman by Helen Bowell (Bad Betty Press, 2022)