The Writing Squad

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 ...

This collection is strongly rooted in place, and in a historical legacy of Routh’s own family tree that runs throughout, ...

Silver Birch trees in winter, especially when they are numerous, remind me of frost-covered cobwebs. They are undeniably rooted in ...

Tallulah Howarth and Ruby Lawrence in conversation, discussing their approach to creative multidisciplinarity....

Our Digital Poets in Residence this month have been Ruby Lawrence and Tallulah Howarth. During their residency they have been ...

This was made possible by a Penguin Anthology of Haiku translated and edited by Adam L. Kern. I spoke to ...

Lately, the genre of poetry that has most inspired me is the bhakti poetry of India. Bhakti is an ancient concept in Indian spirituality, meaning worship and devotion....

Starting in February, a group of exciting young writers will be producing digital content for The Poetry Business, including blog ...