Online Workshop: 'Elizabeth Bishop: the poet's poet' with Pam Thompson – Zoom, Tue 11 Aug 2026 - Elizabeth Bishop: ‘the poet’s poet’ This is often said about Elizabeth Bishop. What is it about her po...

From Sheffield to Huddersfield, early May ...................Three whistles and we’re moving, past the electrical works, yellow weeds— or flowers? I’m being pulled ...through this mysterious ordinary world. ......Sheffield breaks open its graffiti tags, blue and silver code I can’t crack. ...................I’ve cleared the window of mist. ...So many greens, like over-cooked spring cabbage, weighed-down trees. On Dodworth platform ........where Passengers must not cross the line…

Brilliant, disorientating, splendidly polyphonic: these poems provoke, puzzle, baffle and delight the reader. Each one bears re-reading, not...

It would be difficult not to like Pam Thompson’s poetry, because it has both immediacy and depth.

The story of the extraordinary friendship between the celebrated and much-admired Scottish director Bill Douglas and his lifelong companion and collaborator Peter Jewell.

Hear poet Pam Thompson read poems exclusively for iamb. If you like The Poetry Archive, this poetry site is for you.

Poets! Take the hard work out of submitting to poetry magazines What poetry magazines are there? What are their web addresses? How many poems can I send? Are they open for submissions now? You&#821…