Features:

The Buzz of the Bee through Poetry by Dai George, followed by a Q&A with John Burnside
Where Mediterranean Voices Meet by Teleri Williams
Eurig Salisbury on Recordings from Arcadia: India and Wales
Greg Hill on Jean Earle, David Jones and Bediveres horse

Poems:

Nia Davies, Ellie Evans, Marianne Burton, Richard Poole, Mark Goodwin, Rhys Trimble, Charles Wilkinson, JL Williams, Stephen Payne, Samira Negrouche and Anissa Mohammedi translated by Teleri Williams, Annamaria Ferramosca translated by Anamaria Crowe Serrano, Raphael Urweider, Wayne Burrows, John Freeman, Martyn Crucefix, Ian McEwen, Robin Ngangom, Ben Smith, Carrie Etter, Alison Brackenbury, Harry Guest, Anna Woodford, Ric Hool, Paul Groves, Daisy Behagg, Cliff Forshaw, Steve Griffiths, James Russell, Peter Oram, Sheenagh Pugh, John Lee Grenfell, Eluned Rees

Reviews

Katherine Stansfield on Ellie Evans and Judy Brown
John Barnie on Tim Liardet and Andrew McNeillie
Molly James on Gwyneth Lewis and Birdbook
Robin Chapman on T.H. Parry-Williams
Meirion Jordan on Will Stone and Writing King Kong by Robert Seatter
Peter Robinson on John James

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Features:
Out into the unknown: Gwyneth Lewis and Science by Alex Pryce
The Parable of Tristan Tzara and the Callow Youth by Lee Harwood
John James and J.H. Prynne by Peter Robinson

Poems:
Rebecca Perry, Stephen Knight, Lowri Emlyn, Dafydd John Pritchard translated by Eurig Salisbury, Ian Davidson, John Kinsella, Robert Sheppard, Peter Jaeger, Ian Seed, Chris Emery, Lee Duggan, Philip Gross, Siriol Troup, Emily Hinshelwood, Paul Henry, Chris Bendon, Jim Goar, Richard Owens, Nathan Thompson, Krystyna Milobedzka translated by Elzbieta Wojcik-Leese, Peter Hughes, Mario Petrucci, Christien Gholson, David Foster-Morgan.

Reviews:
Alison Brackenbury on Nerys Williams and Kelly Grovier
Graham Hartill on the Heat poets CD
Robert Sheppard on Carol Watts and Caroline Bergvall
Karen Owen on Menna Elfyn
Zoe Brigley on Slanderous Tongues
Claire Crowther on A True Prize by John Goodby, and Andrea Bianchi, translated by Silvana Siverio
Matthew Jarvis on A Year of Flowers by John Barnie

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Features

Myth and poetry, three essays by three poets:
Orpheus. Eurydice. Blanchot by Lyndon Davies
Mything (presumed dead) by Kevin Mills
Utterance by Wendy Mulford

Enigmas of the Night: Reflections on Latin American Poetry, Part 2 by Richard Gwyn accompanied by translations of work by the newer generation of outstanding poets: Jorge Fondebrider, Andres Neumann, Siomara Espana and Wendy Guerra

Poems

Julia Reckless, Jon Mitchell, Sian Melangell Dafydd, Janet Sutherland, Iztok Osojnik translated by Maria Jastrzebska and Ana Jelnikar, Richard Kemp, Jeremy Hooker, Samantha Wynne Rhydderch, Kevin Mills, Anne Cluysenaar, Lyndon Davies, Sarah Westcott, John Wedgwood Clarke, Chris Jones, Maitreyabandhu, Jos Smith, Anthony Rowland, Steve Spence, Peter Gruffydd, Richard Parker, Will Slocombe, Jane Yeh, Dafydd John Pritchard translated by Robert Lacey, Vuyelwa Carlin

Reviews

David Hart on Another Country: Haiku Poetry From Wales, and One of our Skylarks by Alison Bielski
Nerys Williams on Divining for Starters by Carrie Etter and The Ring by Lynne Hjelmgaard
Zoe Brigley on Night Watch by Ana Becciu, and Alejandra Pizarnik’s Selected Poems
Andy Brown on The Ground Aslant
John Taylor on Zigzag by Anthony Rudolf and Some Times by Harry Guest
Siwan Rosser on Cerddi Jane Ellis

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The Hay Poetry Jamboree (click name to go to the website) celebrates its third birthday with another magnificent line-up of some of the best and most exciting poets on the contemporary scene, amongst them Allen Fisher, Carol Watts, Ralph Hawkins, Maggie O Sullivan, Sean Bonney and Kelvin Corcoran.

Robert Sheppard delivers the academic lecture, Elysium Gallery from Swansea present Bus Stop Cinema, an extravaganza of short films in the chapel. Come and sample the amazing atmosphere of this small but extremely telling festival.

The Jamboree runs from 18.30 on Thursday 2nd June until Saturday 4th June, at: Oriel Contemporary Art Gallery, Salem Chapel, Bell Bank, Hay on Wye.

Poetry Wales, one of the sponsors, will be on sale throughout, and appearing on Saturday 4th at 2pm with Editor Zoe Skoulding, Steven Hitchins, Carrie Etter and Richard Gwyn (reading his translations of Latin American poets).

Come down and meet us! You can also find the Jamboree on Facebok.

Click here to read the PW Spring 11 Editorial

Features (click on names for more information):

- Patrick McGuinness on Helene Dorion and her most ambitious, prize-winning work, Ravir: Les Lieux, partly translated here
- Richard Poole on Women and Poetry, with reponses by Zoe Brigley, Deryn Rees-Jones and Anne Stevenson
- Dai George on Form and Grief in Glyn Jones’s ‘Bindweed’
- Robert Minhinnick: from Mouth to Mouth, a Recitation between Two Rivers
- Rhys Trimble: Using the Space, an interview with Chris Torrance on giving up a respectable job for jazz and open field poetics

Poems from:

Dannie Abse, Alistair Noon, Anthony Mellors, Meredith Andrea, Mark Sheehan, Anna Dear, Patrick Williamson, Fiona Owen, Frances-Anne King, Paul Steffan Jones, Laura Webb, Robert Havard, Sue Moules, Richard Marggraf-Turley, Will Stone, Landeg White, Maria Jastrzebska, Mair de Gare-Pitt, Tony Curtis, Mike Jenkins, Emma Danes, Ceri Lloyd, Linda Black

Reviews: click on the links to see the books reviewed (and buy them):

Claire Crowther on Oliver Reynolds and Mike Jenkins
Leo Mellor on Ian Davidson’s criticism and poetry
Andrew Duncan on Cris Paul
Robert Minhinnick on John Barnie
Matthew Jarvis on John Kinsella
Molly James on Sue Moules, Sally Roberts Jones, Jeni Williams and David Woolley
Sue Hubbard on Penelope Shuttle

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As always, it’s been a challenge for our judges, Zoe Skoulding and (judging the prize for the first time) John Barnie, but they have decided on a winner.

And the Winner is: Archimedes’ Principle by Rebecca Perry. Congratulations Rebecca!

In a slight break from the conventions of the last two competitions, the judges felt that, in addition to listing 3 or 4 highly commended entries, another collection warranted the recognition of being Runner-up: Facing Facts by Tim Love. Well done Tim.

Finally, the four Highly Commended collections are, in no particular order:
Personal Effect by Kate White
Capability Procedures by Ian McEwen
Yod by Cliff Forshaw
Braised Yello by Peter Gruffydd.

Well done to everyone who entered, and made this such an interesting competition. Keep writing, and keep reading Poetry Wales!

Competition details

Entries must comprise 20-24 original poems.

The winner’s work will be published by Seren
receive a 250 pound cash prize,
25 complimentary copies of the pamphlet
and royalties from sales.

Work will be showcased on the Poetry Wales website and be promoted to print, broadcast and internet media. A taster from the winning collection will be published in Poetry Wales magazine.

Deadline for entries: Last post, May 1st. *PLEASE NOTE* The deadline has now passed.

E-mail info@poetrywales.co.uk for more information.

With readings by:
Harriet Tarlo
Ian Davidson
Zoe Skoulding

In association with Poetry Wales

Free, all welcome.

Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Cardiff
Thursday, February 3, 7:30pm – 10:30pm

This special PW launch in association with Seren’s First Thursday series features a reading from Welcome Back to the Country, Graham Clifford’s prizewinning entry in the Poetry Wales Purple Moose Pamphlet competition.

Also reading will be Richard Gwyn, Lamorna Elmer, Patrick McGuinness and Zoe Skoulding.

There will be an open-mic session.

Copies of the new issue of Poetry Wales will be on sale. It features a dialogue on the multilingual poem by Pierre Joris and Jean Portante, Richard Gwyn on Latin American poetry, Tiffany Atkinson on W.S. Graham, and more poems from Wales and beyond.

Blue Sky Café, High Street / Stryd Fawr, Bangor,
Monday, January 31 · 8:00pm – 9:30pm

PW in association with Bangor University’s School of English is pleased to welcome Jamsine Donahaye, editor of Planet and author of Self-Portrait as Ruth (Salt).

Copies of the new issue of Poetry Wales will be on sale. It features a dialogue on the multilingual poem by Pierre Joris and Jean Portante, Richard Gwyn on Latin American poetry, Tiffany Atkinson on W.S. Graham, and more poems from Wales and beyond.