Three Friday Poems from our Archive from Matthew Stewart, Marcia Menter and Christopher Arksey

Jonathan Davidson reviews 'Missing Person' by Zoë Walkington (Smith|Doorstop, 2026)

D.A. Prince reviews 'Goyle, Chert, Mire' by Jean Sprackland (Cape, 2026).

Jane Routh reviews 'Flying Change' by Naomi Jaffa (The Garlic Press, 2026).

Helena Nelson and Hilary Menos discuss Dean Young's Constant Inescapable Flooding Subject and his latest (posthumous) collection, 'Creature Feature' (Copper Canyon, 2026).

Inigo Brodie writes about slaying the Ender Dragon in Minecraft, the story behind the End Poem, and how sometimes poetry isn’t an option, it’s the only option.

Helena Nelson considers the pros and cons of Tree Poetry.

Hilary Menos looks back at the poets who embodied the spirit of punk in the 1970s and 80s and asks where is the punk spirit today?

Helena Nelson considers the pros and cons of the ‘after’ epigraph, poetry’s exclusive codes, and the necessary art of bluffing.

Annie Fisher review 'Forgetfulness' by Ian Seed (Shearsman, 2026).

Khadija Rouf reviews 'The Age of Olive Trees' by Haia Mohammed (Out-Spoken Press, 2025)

Three Friday Poems from our Archive for you, from Kate Hendry, Natalie Shaw and Matthew Paul.

Annie Fisher and Hilary Menos discuss the five shortlisted books for the 2026 CLiPPA prize for children’s poetry.

Jane Routh reviews 'Plymbridge' by Anthony Wilson (Worple Press, 2026)

Steven Lovatt reviews 'Vox Wah-Wah' by Hilary Menos (New Walk Editions, 2026)

Bruno Cooke on the challenge AI poses to poetry (or not).

Helena Nelson and Hilary Menos discuss the five pamphlets shortlisted for the Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets

Annie Fisher reviews ‘Aardvark Day’ by Victoria Gatehouse, iIllustrated by Kate Lucy Foster (The Emma Press, 2026)

Hilary Menos on the evolution and writing of her new pamphlet 'Vox Wah-Wah' (New Walk Editions, 2026)

Three Friday Poems for you from our Archive, one from Meg Peacocke, one from Mark Granier and one from Kathy Pimlott.

Helena Nelson reviews 'lode' by Gillian Allnutt (Bloodaxe Books, 2025)

Bruno Cooke cycles through the town of Joal-Fadiouth in Senegal and discovers Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegal’s first president, and a poet

Hilary Menos reviews 'I Brought the War with Me — stories and poems from the front line' by Lindsey Hilsum (Chatto & Windus, 2024)

D.A. Prince reviews 'Infinity Pool' by Vona Groarke (Gallery Press, 2025)

Victoria Moul and Hilary Menos on the challenges of running the National Poetry Competition

Victoria Moul and Hilary Menos discuss 'The Gathering' by Partridge Boswell, winner of the 2025 National Poetry Competition

With more and more poetry pamphlets being published in the UK, how do you decide where to send yours to give it the best chance of publication?

Stephen Payne reviews 'The Green Month', by Matthew Francis (Faber 2025)

Helen Ivory on belonging, identity and finding a voice – even if it has a Luton accent

How do you find the right title for your poem?

Tim Murphy reviews 'Everything You Always Wanted To Know' by Mark Granier (Salmon Poetry, 2025)

Khadija Rouf reviews 'Glasoscopy' by Vicki Husband (Vagabond Voices, 2025)

Annie Fisher reviews 'Michael Laskey: Collected Poems' ( The Poetry Business, 2026)

Bruno Cooke looks at one thing that unites Margaret Thatcher, Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn, and Green Party leader Zack Polanski

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We're back! We're tanned and rested and ready for MORE POETRY, hope y'all are too. This week, Vanessa Lampert reviews 'Sweet Dreams, the Sea' by Luke Allan (Poetry Society of America, 2025).

The Friday Poem is still on holiday, but why not have a gander at reviews of three of our favourite poetry pamphlets EVER by Julia Bird, Rachael Matthews and Geraldine Clarkson.

While we're on holiday, let's have another look at Helena Nelson's 'mindmap' review of 'Absence' by Ali Lewis (Cheerio, 2024) — it's a fascinating approach.

Helena Nelson and Hilary Menos discuss the highs and lows of Frederick Seidel, and take a look at his latest collection, 'So What' (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2024; Faber, 2025).