New Poetry

A moment captured, by Bristolian poet William Thompson

Translation is looked upon as both practice and sweet inspiration in Peter O'Neill's poems.

I confront the weighted history of the red clay South. I dig deep. I strive to say the unsayable, while listening to the music of the multitudes that walk with me: my known and my unknown ancestors that seek to be heard.

Vickerman, whose stories, articles and poems have appeared in The Guardian, and the Times Educational Supplement, has published five collections of poetry.

New Zealand-based poet Ivy Alvarez draws us in with her edgy, sensual prose poetry weaved from an engagement with Filipino idiomatic expressions.

Australian poet Mark Tredinnick’s poetry is a nothing less than a hymn of gratitude to the natural world and a rare rhythmical treat!

Stacey Curran's poem delicately explores the twin ache of memory and loss.

The quiet power of this work by New Zealand poet Caoimhe McKeogh is a lesson in prose poetry – beautifully controlled language evoking the poignant image of a tune lost and found.

Vona Groarke's awards include the Brendan Behan Memorial Prize, the Hennessy Award, the Michael Hartnett Award, and the Strokestown International Poetry Award.

Dina Frînculescu's poems are an invitation to the intricacies of private life and language.

New Zealand poet Gail Ingram teases and delights us with her vivid imagery and playfulness with words as she peels back layers of our culture, challenging us with her implications.

Butler's awards for poetry include the Féile Filíochta, Brendan Kennelly, Ted McNulty, Maria Edgeworth, Baileborough, Poetry Ireland/Trocaire and Phizfest prizes.

Delve into the dark world of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch through these two evocative poems in the ekphrastic tradition by Australian poet Jena Woodhouse!

Elegant and well-crafted poems from one of Scotland's foremost writers, Dilys Rose.

Kluckman will be recognized by readers who understand the mind's darkness, its depths and razor sharp turns.

Nilgun Marmara's poems in the translation of Sevda Akyuz exult in color and grief equally and seduce the reader with their vividness.

In our age of overblown expression, the chiselled lines and deliberate imagism of Australian poet Jules Leigh Koch are a real treat!

Sevda Aykuz's poem captures tender vulnerability in a striking, fleeting moment.

Syracuse retired librarian, Martin Willetts Jr, is an activist for poetry, an editor for Comstock Review with many collections and awards.

The earthly and the mythic are in constant interplay in these poems by Mary Madec.

See the poetry in scientific discovery through the discerning and tender eye of Australian poet Kathryn Fry!

Laura Dan's poems seduce the reader with their simple, visual touch and their dainty details.

Three vivid narrative poems from Patricia Davis-Muffett, each of three describing a different experience from the many tragedies of 2020.

Duffy’s vibrant poetry allows us to travel through a whole spectrum of colour, whilst standing still.

There is a wistfulness to this playful postmodern piece by New Zealand poet, Kit Willett, which will haunt you long after you’ve finished reading it!

Well versed in Western literature, a fact borne out in the quality and flexibility of his style, O’Rourke’s poems evoke and challenge a millenia old tradition.

Not for nothing is Judith Beveridge known as ‘one of Australia’s most gifted poets of both the natural and the human world’, as these two works amply demonstrate!

Poetry from Frances Roberts-Reilly a direct descendant of Abram Wood and the notable family of Welsh triple harpists, fiddlers and storytellers.

Quirky contemporary poems from USA's Michael Martin

Quinn is a flawless writer. She draws on the materials life has given her to create a pared but visionary poetry.

Astrid Cabral’s poems are visually musical and the rich vein of her native language, Portuguese, is beautifully captured in Alexis Levitin’s translation.

These two compositions by Australian poet Anne M Carson are as sensual and precisely structured as the music that inspired them!

Bruce Meyer, First Poet Laureate of Barrie, Ontario, CBC broadcaster, and prolific writer.

There’s a sharp-eye and lexical fluency in the work of Alex Josephy. Italian appellations and clever depictions of larger than life plants, create imaginary worlds evocative of Alice.

Thought provoking as a weeklong convention on the history of the brown paper bag in a city without cocktails, massage parlours, or even as much as a cup of tea.

History and a lingering sense of grief come together in this haunting work by Australian poet John Bartlett which delves into the enduring legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots.

Carolyn L. Tipton, Berkley poet, professor, and award-winning translator brings autumn alive with these short vivid poems.

Kimberly K Williams knows just how to hold up a mirror to the precise nature of her wonderment at nature, and we find ourselves immersed in her delicate reflections.