The Academy of American Poets has published this poem, and that is a very, very good thing.

A great review for past mentee Victoria Gatehouse 👏🏻 ‘Finding the right form for poems is an underrated skill, but here and throughout the collection, Gatehouse shows she has mastered it.’ I agree! @MatthewPaulPoet @TheFridayPoem

“I work at three different desks, with a different project open on each, let’s say, so one is academic, one writerly, and one art. I go at these erratically, sometimes to all three desks within an hour. They cross-pollinate one another.” —Anne Carson buff.ly/473SCd2

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📢 ‘Having a stammer, being unable to rely on your voice… it affects you in all kinds of ways’ 📚Author Maggie O’Farrell has written her third book for children. She joined anita rani to talk about how her own story made its way into When the Stammer Came to Stay ⬇️

Chris Andrews, Edith Grossman, and Alastair Reid for Maqroll's Prayer and Other Poems by Álvaro Mutis NYRB Poets Chris Andrews for You Glow in the Dark byLiliana Colanzi New Directions

Can you help us spread the word? We’re open for submissions of #poemsforchildren - theme ‘Big Things’ - deadline end of 2024! Read our latest Small Things edition for inspiration & find submission details here: tygertyger.net #poetry #poetrycommunity #submissionsopen 🧡

In 1955, we launched 'The Poet Speaks' project with Harvard’s Poetry Room, to showcase leading poets like Sylvia Plath, Philip Larkin & WH Auden. We interviewed 200+ poets over 20 years! Listen to #SylviaPlath’s 1962 interview. 💐 britishcouncil.org/about-us/histo… #BritishCouncil90

Thank you for this glowing recommendation!!

‘The Tyger’!

⭐ Meet our judges! ⭐ What is Toby Litt looking for in flash fiction entries? "I want to read a story that makes me want to reread it immediately!" More tips at bridportprize.org.uk/the-competitio… Deadline day 31 May. #FlashFictionPrize #WritingPrize Toby Litt

Oh, David Lodge! He meant so much to me as a teenager: the funniest, the beadiest, the truest. Here's an interview I did with him at home in Brum (aka Rummidge) in 2008 theguardian.com/books/2008/apr…

In Lapland mythology, the aurora borealis is said to be created when the Arctic fox’s tail sweeps shimmering snowflakes into the moonlight as it gallops across the snow-covered mountains. #folkloresunday

‘Where and to whom you are married I can only guess’ One of my favourite bitter poems #AnneSexton

It took far too long but we got there in the end. theguardian.com/environment/20…

If you watch one thing today make it this remarkable speech by an independent French senator. It captures the moment Claude Malhuret

I am excited to be teaching this online introduction to prose poetry with European Writers Salon on 8th June: ✍️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-introduct…

#OnThisDay in 1973, Pablo Picasso died. "The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."

The poetry scene encapsulated brilliantly by Meg Cox.