Ticking its own wild timeTony Curtis on 'In the Theatre' by Dannie Abse, a poem which changed his life as a writerPhoto credit and copyright Amit Lennon An empty roomCharlotte Gann reviews Towards a General Theory of Love by Clare Shaw (Bloodaxe, 2022) Ce n’est pas une métaphoreHilary Menos reviews Our Lady of Tyres / Notre dame des pneus by Claire Trévien, translated from English to French by Marie Lando (Broken Sleep Books, 2022) Strung like an archer’s bowSteven Lovatt reviews Unexhausted Time by Emily Berry (Faber, 2022) Castaway CompanionsCastaway Poet Suzannah Evans chooses poems by Ian McMillan, Marie Howe and Tony Hoagland to take to a desert island Biscuit, olive branch, small origami frogJane Routh reviews The Rake by Tristran Fane Saunders (New Poets List, The Poetry Business, 2022) Inside SpeltThe Friday Poem talks to Wendt Pratt, founder and editor of Spelt Magazine, about running a literary magazine with a nature focus, elitist gatekeepers, and the importance of planning Life and loveMatthew Paul reviews Lanyard by Peter Samson (Carcanet, 2022) Three Live Canon winnersEmma Simon reviews pamphlets by Aileen La Tourette, Elena Croitoru and Mehmet Izbudak, winners of the Live Canon Pamphlet Competition 2021 Collaboration and Transformation IIClare Best on collaborating with composers and musicians, translators and book designersPhoto credit: Guildhall School of Music & Drama What lies ahead may cause upsetChris Edgoose reviews WE’RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER: poems for a disUNITED KINGDOM edited by Michael Stewart, Steve Ely and Kayleigh Campbell (Grist, 2022). A single umbrella is enough to start a revolutionMatthew Stewart reviews The Storm in the Piano by Christopher James (Maytree Press, 2022),
