I’ve been writing reviews and essays (and one poem) for Hilary Menos and Andy Brodie at The Friday Poem for a while now, and I thought it would be a good idea to have a link to them here.
So, here’s the link to the archive, if you’re interested.
And here are some links to the individual pieces:
| The poem | |
| Portrait of the Poet as an Artist | |
| The reviews | |
| Traces | The Dereliction by Liz Berry and Tom Hicks |
| Call it Love | Bioluminescent Baby by Fiona Benson |
| What lies ahead may cause upset | WE’RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER: poems for a disUNITED KINGDOM edited by Michael Stewart, Steve Ely and Kayleigh Campbell |
| The Irish word for love | Rescue Contraptions by Joe Duggan |
| A Community Reimagined | Medlars by Geraldine Clarkson |
| Paradise of garagistes | Impasse: for Jules Maigret by Sean O’Brien |
| The essays | |
| Two Poetries: Spender, Poetry and Ideology | On poetry, revolution & trust |
| One Woman Revolution | On Fran Lock & White/Other |
| Misc. | |
| Palimpsest | A silly piece on an overused word |
| What does Chris Edgoose say? | Some brief thoughts on poetry & reviewing |
| This barter of enthusiasm | On Norman MacCaig’s ‘Ballade of Good Whisky’ |
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