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‘Speak Wealth’: a poem by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs
Photo by Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash Michael writes: Both the title and tone of this poem are inspired by Michèle Lalonde’s famous 1974 macaronic poem ‘Speak White’ […]
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‘Cabbages’: a poem by Christopher Horton
The poem below appears in Christopher Horton’s pamphlet, Perfect Timing, published by tall-lighthouse and available to purchase here. ‘Cabbages’ ruminates on the speaker’s grandfather and a series of wartime […]
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On ‘Book of Days’ by Phoebe Power
Rob A. Mackenzie Book of Days (Carcanet, 2022) is Phoebe Power’s account of making the ‘Camino’, a pilgrimage from St Jean Pied de Port in France to […]
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‘Blue Mountain’: a poem by Sarala Estruch
Photo by Yves Alarie on Unsplash Blue Mountain We had passed halfway point. Every muscle in my body was singing, brimming with lactic […]
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Two poems by Oliver Comins
Photo by Erik Mclean on Unsplash An Away Match One long and wide hall filled with dancers limbering and jostling at each of three […]
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‘Parts of us regenerate, others don’t’: On Dan O’Brien
James Peake The photojournalist and Pulitzer-prize winner, Paul Watson, is a friend, collaborator and in “complicated ways, almost family” to the poet and playwright Dan O’Brien. […]
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A poem from ‘A Separate Appointment’ by Rebecca Farmer
The poem below appears in Rebecca Farmer’s new pamphlet, A Separate Appointment, published by New Walk Editions on 16th November. Rebecca will be launching A Separate Appointment jointly on […]
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Peter Redgrove: Dreaming in a Wakeful World
Peter Redgrove, sometime in the 1970s John Greening discusses Peter Redgrove and his poetry. Based on a talk given to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Falmouth […]
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On ‘Moving Day’ by Jenny King
Regina Weinert “Jenny King was born in London during the Blitz and wrote poetry from childhood”, start the short biographical notes in King’s second and third pamphlets, Tenants and Midsummer, published […]
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Two poems by Jack Warren
Photo by Ahmed Zayan on Unsplash from Five Poems for Mushrooms Collared Earth Star Undeterred by lax mornings of noiseless rain. I […]
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‘All our past lives’: on Emily Berry’s ‘Unexhausted Time’
Nicola Healey I have long admired the way Emily Berry’s poetry handles complex thought, not just feeling, within carefully considered sentences, her intelligent sensitivity to our interior […]
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Three poems by Daniel Bennett
Photo by Krišjānis Kazaks on Unsplash Chris’s Room When Auden bought his first home- a farmhouse in Kirchstetten- he wept tears of happiness for […]
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Two poems by Kate Behrens
Photo by 青 晨 on Unsplash CT Scan When x-rayed in slices, at least an idea of wholeness shrinks into blatant meat: bone, […]
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On ‘High Desert’ by André Naffis-Sahely
Richie McCaffery It’s been a long time since I enjoyed a collection of poetry as much as André Naffis-Sahely’s new offering, High Desert (Bloodaxe, 2022). That said, […]
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On ‘Glut’ by Ramona Herdman
Matthew Stewart It might initially seem snide or negative to suggest that a poet’s work is best represented by their idiosyncratic use of one specific punctuation mark, […]
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Two poems by Paul Stephenson
Photo of Tbilisi by Eugene Chystiakov on Unsplash Climbing Tbilisi Above the brick-domed baths of Abanotubani, rare trees ache with invasion and enemy grab. City spreads, […]
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‘V.E. Day’: a poem by Sally Festing
V.E. Day in Selwyn Road, Cambridge. Author pictured in back row, third from the left. V.E. Day She holds a finger to her chin. Flowers bind […]
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On ‘Summer/Break’ by Richie McCaffery
Declan Ryan Richie McCaffery’s third collection, Summer/Break (Shoestring, 2022), is one of quiet peril. Everywhere one looks there is a quest, however forlorn, for salvation, a desperation […]
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On ‘Central Air’ by George Bilgere
Neil Elder In America, George Bilgere is widely published and revered, winner of a Pushcart Prize and a regular in many of the best journals. How his work […]
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Three poems by Camille Francois
Photo by Mediocre Studio on Unsplash She puts away childish things Early mornings – I would turn no light on, open no curtain, and […]