by Kate Birch | May 9, 2026 | News, Picks of the Month
A strong group of shortlisted poets this month, many, if not all, deeply talented in different genres and all examining the human condition in important and moving ways. Which poem speaks to you the most? Tim Dwyer, ‘Unexpectedly’: a poem written in the...
by Kate Birch | Apr 12, 2026 | News, Picks of the Month
It captures the silence and stillness of childhood snow and all it can mask and hide beautifully It was a poem of two halves. Some voters were drawn to the joy of playing in the snow. It had a ‘vivid wintry feels’, it reminded them of their childhood, with...
by Kate Birch | Apr 11, 2026 | News
The Forward Prizes have given us the green light that our submissions have been successful and we are pleased to announce that poems by John Bartlett, Rachael Clyne and Mariam Saidan are our three nominations for the Prizes Best Single Poem award for 2026. Please join...
by Kate Birch | Mar 7, 2026 | News, Picks of the Month
succinct, modest, affecting portrait of a good but constrained life It takes great skill to make the ordinary extraordinary and the well observed and considered ‘At the Barbers’ by Stephen Chappell has done just that. It is for this reason and many more...
by Kate Birch | Mar 1, 2026 | News
Zebra Print Gridlines project across my body as I become part of a painting made to scale. I bloom with tipsy sunflowers, so bright that I forget their maker was morose. In the gallery, the walls swirl in detail, The artist’s large orange sun pans a...
