by Kate Birch | Apr 15, 2024 | Filmpoems
17 small acts of ending an ambulance stuck in traffic the picturesque potential of fallen barns library books scattered to charity shops a footpath stopped up or overgrown widening gaps between starlings a vodka bottle dumped in crocuses a Mini twice the size...
by Kate Birch | Apr 8, 2024 | Reviews
The epigraph to Owen Lewis’s new work of poetry, Knock-knock (Dos Madres Press, 2024), makes reference to a quote from the Porter in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, which many see as a very welcome break from all the madness and murder taking place in the play, meant...
by Kate Birch | Mar 26, 2024 | News
Each year, we select our three submissions for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem from those winning and shortlisted poems from our Pick of the Month series that remain eligible. This year our choices are Eve Chancellor’s Two Girls on a Greyhound, The Sorry...
by Kate Birch | Mar 25, 2024 | Featured, Poetry
LULLABY Night drops by In a coat of onyx and blue Lights up his silver pipe And asks how do you do Night perches on my bed Says – kiss goodbye to sleep Blows smoke rings in the air Throws a dreambone at my feet Night wiggles his long...
by Kate Birch | Mar 11, 2024 | News, Picks of the Month
Loss captured beautifully. This poem was absurd, gritty, weird, clever. It made people cry but had a humorous touch. Some felt it was about grief, some about getting old, others about being taken advantage of. And for all these reasons and more, ‘Burglaries’ by Darren...
