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The Poem of the Week is 'The Dolphins Seemed Unfriendly' by Dominic James

This week's Poem of the Week is 'The Dolphins Seemed Unfriendly' by Dominic James, an alliterative master-class that drops us in the Med, talks of Paxos and Pan, and is delivered with the unfettered imagination and skill of a true poet. A beautiful piece of writing sure to transport you the way only poetry can - just mind you don't get seasick.

Below Dominic answers our Q&A and reveals some more about his writing proce...

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Competitions » Patience Agbabi to judge Marsden the Poetry Village competition on 'Together' theme

by News desk

Patience Agbabi will be judging an international poetry competition run by Marsden the Poetry Village for poems submitted on the theme of “Together”, ...

7th Mar 2019 10:03 am

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News » The Beat goes on ... Lawrence Ferlinghetti is 100

by News desk

The city of San Francisco declared 24 March ‘Lawrence Ferlinghetti Day’ as the renowned American poet celebrated his 100th birthday on Sunday 24 March...

24th Mar 2019 5:17 pm

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Events » 'For the Silent' anthology launch at Cheltenham festival

by News desk

The launch of an anthology of poetry against cruel sports will be one of the readings to watch out for at Cheltenham poetry festival, from Thursday 25...

22nd Mar 2019 10:37 pm

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The Great Fogginzo's Wider Web » The company of poets: why listening and learning provides that buzz

by John Foggin

I came back to Ted Hughes’ Season songs today, as I do on a day like this, with

the earth invalid, dropsied, bruised, wheeled

out in...

25th Mar 2019 2:02 pm

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American Life in Poetry » 'The icy wind through Lehigh Gap blasting down on him as he raises the sledge hammer'

by Ted Kooser, US poet laureate

Perhaps you've seen miniature portraits enclosed in lockets. Well, here's a little portrait enclosed in the pages of a chapbook by Pennsylvania poet P...

25th Mar 2019 6:19 pm

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Review » become something frail: Stuart Buck, Selcouth Station Press

by Laura Taylor

Stuart Buck is possessed of an astonishing imagination coupled with an enviable ability to birth fully-formed poems of unique, musical, and mind-bendi...

22nd Mar 2019 7:03 pm

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Review » Counting Backwards: Helen Dunmore, Bloodaxe

by Janet Murray

It is tempting to reiterate that Helen Dunmore was a poet first and last, both metaphorically and chronologically, but this would be to see prose and ...

22nd Mar 2019 7:03 pm

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