Discovering George Mackay Brown
John Greening marks the centenary of the birth of George Mackay Brown (1921-1996), which falls this Sunday, 17th October. The June …
‘Lapis lazuli’ – a poem by Alexandra Fössinger
Photo by Shifaaz Shamoon on Unsplash Lapis lazuli On a Sardinian beach, the ambulant vendor shifts through white vesicles …
Poems of Community and Historical Memory: an interview with Ian Parks
Portrait of Ian Parks by Andrew Farmer Ian Parks was born in 1959 and is the author of eight collections of poems, …
Two new poems by Ian Parks
An interview with Ian, in which he discusses themes explored in the following poems, is up concurrently on Wild Court here. …
An extract from ‘Book of Days’ by Phoebe Power
The following is an extract from Book of Days, a long poem recounting a journey along the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in …
Three poems from ‘Starting Eleven’ by Matthew Stewart
Left: Aldershot striker Mike Ring (16 goals in 76 appearances) with a diving header Right: Midfielder Ian McDonald, flanked by Bill Shankly, signing for Liverpool …
‘The Southern Belle’ – a poem by Polly McCormack
Photo by Dovi on Unsplash The Southern Belle In 1812, when the building was first built, they infused the wallpaper with …
An instinct for pace and balance: on Ruth Padel’s ‘Beethoven Variations’
John Greening Some composers keep themselves out of their music, but in Beethoven the life is always peeping through. It seems natural, …
Two poems by Adam Tavel
Photo by Jack Douglass on Unsplash Somerset County Cold Case Photo, 1980 Shot from its stoop, this garden shed …
Three poems by Karen Ng
Touya From the corner of my eye I take out the stars crush each new flame into a thousand embers Purple …