The Lyric is lIVe
EXTREME CLOSE UP. ARCHITECTJust his eyes. Weeping. ARCHITECT I still haven’t been in his room. I just – I can’t ...
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A new Digital Poet-in-Residence will occupy the Poets Room each month, posting exciting and inspiring material including blog posts, audio downloads, interviews with poets, suggested reading and downloadable writing prompts. Brand new material will be uploaded regularly to help you to keep active and engaged with your writing.
Performing Belonging – Town
I took my starting point from Richard Scott’s poem ‘Oh my Soho!’ in so much as I wanted to insist ...
Performing Belonging – Queerplatonic Love Poems
I present these three poems here without additional commentary: >PART 4 – Performing Belonging – Town...
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Poet in Residence
The Lyric is lIVe
EXTREME CLOSE UP. ARCHITECTJust his eyes. Weeping. ARCHITECT I still haven’t been in his room. I just – I can’t ...
Performing Belonging – Town
I took my starting point from Richard Scott’s poem ‘Oh my Soho!’ in so much as I wanted to insist ...
Performing Belonging – Queerplatonic Love Poems
I present these three poems here without additional commentary: >PART 4 – Performing Belonging – Town...
Performing Belonging – Queer Belonging & Place
Performing queer belonging means finding a sense of community. It is difficult, although perhaps not impossible, to perform belonging on ...
Performing Belonging – Counting the Ways
If these are unfamiliar terms, AVEN and AUREA have you covered. There’s also some great stuff on alternative relationship models ...
Performing Belonging – Introduction
To us, it is a sense of affinity, for a place, a person, or a situation. It might involve tangible, ...
2Lies2Furious
Gregory: Slightly weird that we both gravitated toward the dream sequence in the film. I guess we’ll get back to ...
Poet in Residence
Kit Byford
scraps, prompts, poems, spells
Content Warning: this essay makes references to sexual violence and abuse. At my first Barbican Young Poets session fifteen years ...
Digital Residencies with The Writing Squad
We’re delighted to be partnering with The Writing Squad once again for our upcoming digital residency programme. A group of ...
Further Articles
Writing and Reading, with Jonathan Davidson (5-week course)
Online Poetry Short Course – led by Jonathan Davidson This short course will offer a group of around a dozen ...
ARVON: Developing Your Writing Practice with Ann and Peter Sansom
The Poetry Business at Arvon, The Hurst, Shropshire Afternoon of Monday 29th June to Midday Friday 3rd July 2026 Drawing on inspirational contemporary poems, chosen to move your ...
Michael Laskey awarded King’s Gold Medal for Poetry
Congratulations to Michael Laskey, who has been awarded the King’s Gold Medal for Poetry for the year 2025! The announcement ...
Michael Laskey at 80
In The North 71, we invited poets to share their reflections on the wonderful Michael Laskey!...
Book & Pamphlet Competition 2025 Online Winners’ Launch
Join us on YouTube to celebrate the winners of the 2025 International Book & Pamphlet Competition, chosen by Kim Moore. ...
Our 2026 competitions are now open!
We are now accepting entries for our two poetry competitions: the International Book and Pamphlet Competition, open to all poets ...
Alan Payne and Shash Trevett shortlisted for The Derek Walcott Prize 2025
We’re delighted that two of our wonderful poets have been shortlisted for this year’s Derek Walcott Prize. Huge congratulations to ...