Thursday, 31 December 2020

The Forward Book of Poetry 2021

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Three Poems that were highlights for me…


Sue Hyon Bae’s After the Threesome, They Both Take You Home provides a powerfully tender and honest account of the ordinariness that can sit alongside sex.

You can see it online at page 63 of https://issuu.com/apeironreview/docs/issue_12_final


Don Paterson’s Death is playful with a figure that haunts us, make you fellow sorry for the Grim Reaper!


Phoebe Stuckes’s Fox captures a young restless feeling “I am doing my best / with bad nights and bad love. / Honey it’s difficult.”

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