by Kate Birch | Jan 9, 2024 | News, Picks of the Month
Lyricism, surreal beauty, authentic capturing of love & loss Maureen Jivani’s poem had a universal resonance. Voters said it brought to mind their first hospital visit, playing with a newborn baby, a mother with a dying daughter. They found the poem,...
by Kate Birch | Dec 8, 2023 | News, Picks of the Month
A tiny thing, an absolute punch to the gut though. Ann Heath’s poem was a ‘devastating portrayal of grief’. It moved voters while also perplexing them. It was beautiful and spare but also ‘powerfully odd’ and complex, and it is for this...
by Kate Birch | Nov 10, 2023 | News, Picks of the Month
‘It’s so straightforward, so devastating.’ It was the extraordinary child in ‘The Sorry Letter’ that got your votes. Michelle Diaz’s ‘delicate, poignant and compelling’ poem was relatable and familiar to some. Others...
by Kate Birch | Nov 1, 2023 | News
Jam Gentle tufts pulled rough at the stem, unwind in my left palm. Hands swing into bell petals, velvet afternoon air. Butter the sunset in snatches, clouds fold, rain dusted glass. A cowbell rings low. Past lives ripen: echo. Kayleigh...
by Kate Birch | Oct 23, 2023 | News, Picks of the Month
it’s upbeat, joyous and just carries you along And it is for this reason that this euphoric poem of ‘tumbled thoughts’ emerged as the Pick of the Month for September 2023. Tim’s poetry has appeared in Ink Sweat & Tears, The Spectator,...
by Kate Birch | Oct 5, 2023 | News
Sue Wallace-Shaddad and Sula Rubens first met in 2019 and connected over their shared interest in the concepts of kinship and displacement. During the pandemic that connection grew and the two began to collaborate as Wallace-Shaddad’s interest in ekphrasis...
