“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
By Isabel Rogers.
“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.”
“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.”
Sam Adams, Editor from 1973-75, looks back on the beginnings of the magazine and our founder Meic Stephens.
Announcing the three Award Winners of the Poetry Wales Award 2024-25
