The Poetry Business

From a jellyfish like a ‘tumour of salt and sand’ to a meditation on Putin’s penis and toxic masculinity – ...

We asked for your favourite poems from the last 69 issues. Thank you to everyone who sent in their choices. Here's a selection of your suggestions......

We are delighted to showcase four poems from Imogen’s pamphlet Fire Safety which was runner up in the 2023 New ...

Downland is a unique collaboration celebrating the landscape of the North Wessex Downs as seen through the eyes of artist Anna ...

We are delighted to present a sample of poems from recent collections by Clare Best, Elizabeth Cook, John Freeman, Diana Hendry and Michael McKimm, and a preview from forthcoming collections by Andy Brown and...

The Girl Next DoorBy Helen Mort First, she came to borrow sugar. Sunday afternoonsshe’d cadge a pint of milk, sometimes ...

I’d spent a morning trying to pull my second-year notes on the Romantic poets into order: a largely pointless pursuit. ...

(Alternative Selves numbers 3 and 14!) I’ve been a portrait and life model for several months now, and am still ...

Tayiba writes: Jenny and I centred our residency around an idea we’ve been calling ‘alternative selves’. It’s essentially the idea ...

Our Digital Poets in Residence this month have been Tayiba Sulaiman and Jenny Danes. They have centred their residency around ...