A simple tree rooted in a quiet dream
Helena Nelson considers the pros and cons of Tree Poetry.
The Friday Poem
Poems, reviews and features. Aiming to publish without fear or favour. Probably unfashionable.
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Punk Poetry – bitten the dust or alive and well?
Hilary Menos looks back at the poets who embodied the spirit of punk in the 1970s and 80s and asks where is the punk spirit today?
What are poets really after?
Helena Nelson considers the pros and cons of the ‘after’ epigraph, poetry’s exclusive codes, and the necessary art of bluffing.
What’s lost and found and lost again
Annie Fisher review 'Forgetfulness' by Ian Seed (Shearsman, 2026).
These moments which may seem ordinary are the most precious
Khadija Rouf reviews 'The Age of Olive Trees' by Haia Mohammed (Out-Spoken Press, 2025)
Qualified people are here to do the heavy lifting
Three Friday Poems from our Archive for you, from Kate Hendry, Natalie Shaw and Matthew Paul.
Dancing inside a carnival of language
John Agard has won the CLiPPA (Centre for Literary in Primary Education Poetry Award) for the third time. Annie Fisher and Hilary Menos say congratulations!
The song of all the seas
Annie Fisher and Hilary Menos discuss the five shortlisted books for the 2026 CLiPPA prize for children’s poetry.
One kid looking on in wonder
Matthew Stewart explores Ben Wilkinson’s poetic development and looks at his new collection, 'Same Difference' (Seren, 2022)
The outsider who writes from within
Matthew Stewart examines the work of Michael Laskey
A single umbrella is enough to start a revolution
Matthew Stewart reviews 'The Storm in the Piano' by Christopher James (Maytree Press, 2022)