“It raced through my mind, unlocking all the bars, yelling ‘no compromise – you must and can and will write’”
Content warning: pregnancy loss, childlessness
Author: Frances Turpin
Frances is Poetry Wales' Magazine Manager
Poetry Wales Pushcart Prize Nominations 2024
We are excited to announce our nominations for this year’s Pushcart Prize.
Mick Felton Obituary
In memoriam.
Peter E Murphy: How I Wrote ‘Bad History’
“I have a hiraeth for Wales which, cliché alert! nourishes my soul and gets my muse all excited.”
Content warning: mentions of suicide and addiction.
Forward Prize Commended Poems
Meet the Poetry Wales poets featured in the Forward Book of Poetry 202
Seren Books | 2024 Poetry Call-Out
Seren Books are open to submissions for poetry collections and poetry pamphlets until 5PM Monday 30th September 2024
J.S. Dorothy: How I Wrote ‘Double-Empathy Problem’
“It’s therefore frustration that compelled me to write this poem, and a desire to illuminate how deeply compassion can be felt even when it’s not always immediately apparent”
Jane Houston: How I Wrote ‘Ponies’
“The poem is about a human experience of illness, due to a virus in the human body. But the illness itself takes a human form, and our abuse of shared ground gives the poem its monochrome palette.”
Wales Poetry Award 2023 – Shortlist & Winners
Read our thirteen shortlisted poems, selected by Denise Saul