In the reviews section of our Summer issue, we incorrectly attributed Wendy Pratt’s collection ‘Blackbird Singing at Dusk’ to Arachne Press, rather than Nine Arches Press. We apologise for any confusion caused by this.
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Iris Anne Lewis: How I Wrote ‘Inundation’
“The form is intended to convey a geographical sense of The Netherlands and England of being on each side of the North Sea. The Doggerland section spans across the page over the two other sections to symbolise that once the two countries were part of the same land mass.”
Tim Relf: How I Wrote ‘Teeth weren’t fish’
“Handling time shifts can be difficult as they can be disorientating for readers and can present tonal challenges, but I’m interested in how people – and their priorities – change over the course of a lifetime.”
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Alice White: How I Wrote ‘She Confessed What You Did’
“I think the brevity of poems—or at least mine!—is part of what makes them excellent containers for trauma. You know that however deep into a hole you have to go, you’ll be out of it soon.”
Content warning: sexual violence
‘The Oath’ – a Tribute Poem for Kathryn Bevis
By Isabel Rogers.
Robbie Burton: How I Wrote ‘Dear Gwen in Rhiwlas’
“It was during the process of writing that the amount of extra work my cousin and I caused my aunt struck me. Until then the poem had been little more than a list of her daily tasks, then a need to say sorry led to the prayer idea.”
Robin Munby: How I Translated ‘Playa de San Llorienzu’
“I was leafing through María Teresa’s collected works, the sea only just out of sight, and when I came across this poem I decided to start translating it right away.”