A statement for the importance of poems in a life: on Jonathan Davidson’s ‘A Commonplace’
Daniel Bennett A sense of place abounds in Jonathan Davidson’s A Commonplace (Smith-Doorstep, 2020), and while that might seem natural from the …
‘Zaban i urdu’ – a poem by Amaan Hyder
Harry Grout on Unsplash Zaban i urdu Zaban i urdu, meaning language of the camp. In Urdu, here is idher …
‘Window in the Rock’ – a poem by Lucy Dixcart
Andrea Sonda on Unsplash Window in the Rock When you glimpse it you’re crammed into a floating bathtub with …
Two poems by Matthew Paul
Frans Ruiter on Unsplash Brian Clough in the Rijksmuseum I had four beautiful days in Amsterdam. The weather was gorgeous, …
Cosmo Davenport-Hines Poetry Prize 2022 – winner
Gabriela Sambuccetti MA in Modern Languages, Literature and Culture, Arts & Humanities A Migrant in a Piece of Paper A …
Cosmo Davenport-Hines Poetry Prize 2022 – joint runners-up
Jit Mun MSc Early Intervention in Psychosis, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience New Year Moon The luminous New …
Cosmo Davenport-Hines Poetry Prize 2022 – specially commended
Heilien Diedericks PhD Global Health and Social Medicine, Department of Global Health & Social Medicine Moving the family Through …
Three pamphlets reviewed by Richie McCaffery
Richie McCaffery It is apt that John Greening recently edited the Carcanet selection of Iain Crichton Smith’s poems. There’s an anecdote that …
‘In the Mountains of the Monédières, by the Green Waters of the Vienne’ – a poem by Hilary Davies
© Hilary Davies In the Mountains of the Monédières, by the Green Waters of the Vienne In the mountains of …
‘Love’s Arrow’ – a translation of Chaucer
© Morgan Library, New York The below is a translation by Mark McGuinness of a section of Troilus and Criseyde, Geoffrey Chaucer’s …