Angela Topping
THE LAST QUEEN
My sisters, deep in our cells, are still feeding me. But I know I will be their last queen.The succession dies with me. My...
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Friday Pick: Seven European Literary Journals You Should Know
B O D Y recommends seven European and British literary journals: Poetry London, Versal, Cerise Press, The Dark Horse, Poetry Salzburg, Blackbox Manifold and Cake.
Frederick Pollack
Despite the risk, which is small / for the seldom photographed, / I treasure quasi-unprotected / passages from limo doors / to the doors of older buildings.
David Cooke
the bright beads / of his eyes swivelling / remorselessly // from one catastrophe / to another. And this / is what, so far, // has kept him alive
THE POEM: David Cooke on Derek Mahon’s “The Snow Party”
"What is certainly clear is that ‘The Snow Party’ is a minor masterpiece in which Mahon has gained maximum effect from minimum means by developing one central image."