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This reflection on ‘sad mortality’ is a shining tribute to the power of love Sonnet 65 Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea But sad mortality o’er-sways their power, How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, Whose...Wednesday, September 8, 2021 from Poetry | The Guardian
Academic finds that lines widely reproduced in the eastern Roman empire are ‘stressed’ in a way that laid the foundations for what we recognise as poetry For Taylor Swift, the “haters gonna hate”, but she’ll just “shake it off”. Now...Monday, September 6, 2021 from Poetry | The Guardian
A gently subversive love poem that makes language laugh as it falls over itself Beer for two in Böckler Park, Berlin You asked me for a love poem and I gave you a text message and a handful of imaginary paprika crisps. You told me this...Saturday, September 4, 2021 from Poetry | The Guardian
Charlie Gilmour never wanted to have children – his father had abandoned him at six months and he feared he’d do the same. But then a magpie came into his life and changed everything It wasn’t long after our wedding – on our New Forest...Friday, September 3, 2021 from Poetry | The Guardian
All the Names Given by Raymond Antrobus; The Sun Is Open by Gail McConnell; Single Window by Daniel Sluman; The Kids by Hannah Lowe Raymond Antrobus’s second collection, All the Names Given (Picador) , builds on themes in his...Friday, September 3, 2021 from Poetry | The Guardian
in the middle of an unspiritual seizure *to the doctor* I am concerned about my flushes and blood pressure is it a small note on my cheek forever? he was as amazed as cardiac These freaks you’re holding A child and A child grating my...Wednesday, September 1, 2021 from Poetry | The Guardian
The producer whose TV hits include The Royle Family and Gavin and Stacey on finding the poignancy in life’s little moments, and heading back to the comedy circuit with his poetry Comedians become actors, pop stars become TV presenters …...Tuesday, August 31, 2021 from Poetry | The Guardian
A new Penguin collection of the American poet’s work brilliantly showcases the spare beauty of her writing When Louise Glück won the Nobel prize last year, she was, to many in the UK, an unknown quantity. Even though she had been...Monday, August 30, 2021 from Poetry | The Guardian
A moving, ballad-like poem based on the Australian writer’s own experience of leaving her home country Before Exile Here is my last good-bye, This side the sea. Good-bye! good-bye! good-bye! Love me, remember me. This is my last...Monday, August 30, 2021 from Poetry | The Guardian
Figura worked with staff to produce poems reflecting their experiences during the Covid crisis Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage One poem imagines an NHS nightshift worker at the height of the coronavirus...Monday, August 30, 2021 from Poetry | The Guardian
Assynt, Sutherland: Here lay the bones of bears, wolves and humans, the past looming heavy on the present The signs at the start of the glen tell me that a mile and a half beyond lie caves that held the bones of reindeer and brown bears,...Saturday, August 28, 2021 from Poetry | The Guardian
The poet and playwright on her love of The White Lotus, the example of Naomi Osaka, and what stayed with her from the George Floyd murder trial Claudia Rankine is a poet, essayist, playwright and a professor of poetry at Yale. Born in...Friday, August 27, 2021 from Poetry | The Guardian
Detailing hundreds of the poet’s acquaintances and why they irked or charmed her, its entries are busy with names from Gore Vidal to Elizabeth Arden and the Queen Mother Edith Sitwell was known for her scathing assessments of her...Monday, August 23, 2021 from Poetry | The Guardian
The writer, ‘not naturally a public eye person’, reveals her ambitions as national poet with convulsive changes to the country and climate looming Kathleen Jamie’s tenure as makar – Scotland’s national poet – is already a work in...Monday, August 23, 2021 from Poetry | The Guardian
This poem by the Nobel laureate is a fierce short parable about environmental devastation The Red Poppy The great thing is not having a mind. Feelings: oh, I have those; they govern me. I have a lord in heaven called the sun, and open...Monday, August 16, 2021 from Poetry | The Guardian
The poet who rose to fame at Joe Biden’s inauguration will co-chair with Gen Z favourites Billie Eilish, Timothée Chalamet and Naomi Osaka Amanda Gorman has said that hosting the Met Gala next month feels like “Cinderella going to the...Monday, August 16, 2021 from Poetry | The Guardian
Written towards the end of the poet’s life, this mysterious exchange shows him reflecting on the ‘spirit’ he has lost Phantom or Fact: A Dialogue in Verse Author A lovely form there sate beside my bed, And such a feeding calm its...Friday, August 13, 2021 from Poetry | The Guardian
At Guardian Australia’s monthly Zoom book club, the poets and thinkers discussed contemporary Australian poetry – and read some of their own Guardian Australia’s book club is a free, interactive event hosted on Zoom. September’s event...Friday, August 13, 2021 from Poetry | The Guardian
I was called aggressive for criticising passages in Kate Clanchy’s memoir. But the real problem lies deep in the overwhelmingly white world of publishing It started with a tweet. Kate Clanchy, author of Some Kids I Taught and What They...Wednesday, August 11, 2021 from Poetry | The Guardian
The UK’s largest trade union for writers emphasised its anti-racist stance after its president, Pullman, showed support for Kate Clanchy on social media The Society of Authors (SoA) has asked the writers it represents “to be mindful of...Saturday, September 12, 2020 from Poetry
When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through collects the work of more than 160 poets. "A poem opens up time, it opens up memory, it opens up place," says Harjo, U.S. Poet Laureate.Thursday, August 13, 2020 from Poetry on Huffington Post
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Brandon Leake's ode to his sister turned an audience-free "AGT" into a night to remember.Monday, March 2, 2020 from Poetry Magazine
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