Rishi Dastidar reads ‘Cromophilia (song for B): Love is energy, of course it is’ at the Spring launch of Poetry London.

Emily Hasler reads ‘Drove’ at the Spring launch of Poetry London.

Joe Dunthorne reads ‘As I entered the forest’ at the Spring launch of Poetry London.

Martha Kapos reads ‘Looking for the Heart’ at the Spring launch of Poetry London.

Rishi Dastidar on three collections that offer varied responses in an age of crisis Mark Waldron Sweet, like Rinky-Dink Bloodaxe £9.95 Kei Miller In Nearby Bushes Carcanet £9.99 Richard Osmond Rock, Paper, Scissors Picador £10.99 I’m sure it’s something we’ve all [...]

Phoebe Clarke on two morally searching, oracular books Ilya Kaminsky Deaf Republic Faber £10.99 Ariana Reines A Sand Book Tin House $24.95 ‘There are exercises in the spiritual sense,’ wrote Paul Celan. ‘And then there are, at every lyrical street corner, [...]

Suji Kwock Kim talks to Danez Smith on the eve of publishing their new book, Homie SKK: How would you articulate what’s specifically ‘American’ about US poetry – keeping in mind all the limitations of that word – versus English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh poetry? [...]

Joey Connolly on the poems – and ways of reading – that inspire trust ‘It is more shameful to distrust your friends than be deceived by them’ – François de La Rochefoucauld, although really I’m quoting from the Denise Riley poem ‘Lines [...]

Dai George Should a poem be thought of as a friend? Obviously poets can be friends, and I’d guess that few people, if any, would lobby for an alternative reality where this was somehow prohibited or frowned upon. This is [...]