Afterburn by Blake Morrison; Into the Hush by Arthur Sze; Unsafe by Karen McCarthy Woolf; Only Sing by John Berryman; Lamping Wild Rabbits by Simon Maddrell; Dream Latitudes by Alia Kobuszko Afterburn ...
It’s been described as embarrassing, clichéd or “unhelpful singsong.” Many poets dislike it too, but it’s a style they’ve learned from each other. By Gregory Cowles Gregory Cowles is senior editor of ...
Writing towards the end of the first world war, the poet, novelist, journalist and suffragist Benson here dreams of a secure peace The Secret Day My yesterday has gone, has gone and left me tired, And ...
It was the stand-out winner of our annual poetry competition, which this year took the theme of “mothers” and saw more than 700 readers – our highest number to date – enter poems that centred on birth ...