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The Poetry Review The Poetry Society, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BX Tel: +44 (0)20 7420 9880 • Fax: +44 (0)20 7240 4818 Email: poetryreview@poetrysociety.org.uk poetrysociety.org.uk/thepoetryreview Editors: Andre Bagoo and Richard Scott Publishing Manager: Jane Ace Administration: Astra Papachristodoulou isbn 978-1-911046-36-3 ISSN: 0032 2156 Cover: Emerald Isles © James Short 2022, www.jshort.art Cover quote by Kevin Breathnach, see p. 47 © The Poetry Review & The Poetry Society, 2022 ... SUBMISSIONS We welcome submissions. Guidelines available at poetrysociety.org.uk/thepoetryreview ADVERTISING To advertise in The Poetry Review, visit poetrysociety.org.uk/thepoetryreview or contact Ben Rogers on +44 (0)20 7420 9880, email: marketing@poetrysociety.org.uk BOOKSHOP DISTRIBUTION Central Books, 50 Freshwater Road, London RM8 1RX, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 8525 8800 or visit centralbooks.com PBS OFFER TO POETRY SOCIETY MEMBERS The Poetry Book Society offers Poetry Society Members a special 10% discount (plus postage) on books bought from poetrybooks.co.uk. Contact The Poetry Society: +44 (0)20 7420 9880 or membership@poetrysociety.org.uk SUBSCRIPTIONS & SALES Individuals UK: £38 / Europe: £48 Rest of the World: £53 (delivery by airmail) Single issue: £9.50 plus postage. Order online at poetrysociety.org.uk/shop Subscribe to the digital archive of The Poetry Review at exacteditions.com/thepoetryreview The Poetry Review is on sale in leading bookshops. It is also available on audio CD. The Poetry Review is the magazine of The Poetry Society and was first published in 1912. A subscription to The Poetry Review is included as part of membership of The Poetry Society. Views expressed in The Poetry Review are not necessarily those of The Poetry Society; those of individual contributors are not necessarily those of the Editor. Charity Commission No. 303334. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world’s forests. By buying products with an FSC label you are supporting the growth of responsible forest management worldwide. The Poetry Review is printed with vegetable-based inks. Surplus inks, plates and printing blankets are recycled.
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CONTENTS Poems Noelle Kocot Three Poems 7 Dante Micheaux Abyss 10 Carol Watts Ghost Ponds 11 Jakky Bankong-Obi Two Poems 13 Selima Hill Six Poems 16 Timothy Liu Two Poems 18 Miguel Murphy Tarot 20 Xiao Yue Shan Two Poems 21 Bonnie Hancell imagine _ me 23 Chris McCabe Two Poems 24 Rae Armantrout Three Poems 26 Hannah Lowe Sinnerman 29 Jameson Fitzpatrick Five Poems 30 Laura Elliott Morning Alone 35 Sam Riviere After Colours 36 Katy Mack When the scarecrows come you 37 must not question why Sandeep Parmar from FAUST 38 Wilful Re-readings Mark Wunderlich, Kevin Breathnach, Gemma Robinson, and 42 Lara Pawson pen essays commemorating centenaries relating to Rainer Maria Rilke, T.S. Eliot, Wilson Harris, and Philip Larkin Poems Gray Behagg beautiful way to be alone 64 Geraldine Monk Chattering Chateris. Earl Sterndale, 65 Derbyshire. Daljit Nagra from indiom 66 Andy Spragg Shell grotto 69

The Poetry Review The Poetry Society, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BX

Tel: +44 (0)20 7420 9880 • Fax: +44 (0)20 7240 4818

Email: poetryreview@poetrysociety.org.uk poetrysociety.org.uk/thepoetryreview

Editors: Andre Bagoo and Richard Scott

Publishing Manager: Jane Ace Administration: Astra Papachristodoulou isbn 978-1-911046-36-3 ISSN: 0032 2156 Cover: Emerald Isles © James Short 2022, www.jshort.art

Cover quote by Kevin Breathnach, see p. 47

© The Poetry Review & The Poetry Society, 2022

...

SUBMISSIONS We welcome submissions. Guidelines available at poetrysociety.org.uk/thepoetryreview

ADVERTISING To advertise in The Poetry Review, visit poetrysociety.org.uk/thepoetryreview or contact Ben Rogers on +44 (0)20 7420 9880,

email: marketing@poetrysociety.org.uk

BOOKSHOP DISTRIBUTION Central Books, 50 Freshwater Road, London RM8 1RX, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 8525 8800

or visit centralbooks.com

PBS OFFER TO POETRY SOCIETY MEMBERS The Poetry Book Society offers Poetry Society Members a special 10% discount (plus postage)

on books bought from poetrybooks.co.uk. Contact The Poetry Society: +44 (0)20 7420 9880 or membership@poetrysociety.org.uk

SUBSCRIPTIONS & SALES Individuals UK: £38 / Europe: £48 Rest of the World: £53 (delivery by airmail)

Single issue: £9.50 plus postage. Order online at poetrysociety.org.uk/shop

Subscribe to the digital archive of The Poetry Review at exacteditions.com/thepoetryreview

The Poetry Review is on sale in leading bookshops. It is also available on audio CD.

The Poetry Review is the magazine of The Poetry Society and was first published in 1912. A subscription to The Poetry Review is included as part of membership of The Poetry Society. Views expressed in The Poetry Review are not necessarily those of The Poetry Society;

those of individual contributors are not necessarily those of the Editor.

Charity Commission No. 303334.

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world’s forests. By buying products with an FSC label you are supporting the growth of responsible forest management worldwide. The Poetry Review is printed with vegetable-based inks. Surplus inks, plates and printing blankets are recycled.

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