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The Poetr y 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 Editor: Wayne Holloway-Smith Publisher: Jane Ace Editorial Assistant: Astra Papachristodoulou ISBN: 978-1-911046-42-4 / ISSN: 0032 2156 © The Poetry Review & The Poetry Society, 2023 Cover: Abdoulaye Diarrassouba, ‘Aboudia’, Smoke Weed at School © The Artist, image courtesy Jack Bell Gallery, London. Aboudia draws inspiration from the street culture in his hometown Abidjan, Ivory Coast. His landscapes reflect the trauma, struggles and dangers faced by the populace since the civil war in 2011. Cover quote by Shannon Smith-Meekings, ‘If asked to write an elegy’, p.44 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: £40 / Europe: £55 Rest of the World: £60 (delivery by airmail) Single issue: £10.95 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 Charles Simic Golden Oldies 7 Early Light 7 The Palace 8 On the Way to the Beach 8 Richard Scott Still Life with Rose 9 Still Life with Three Roses 10 Still Life with Snail, Oyster, Spoon and Shallot Vinegar 11 Still Life with Apple, Ceramic Mary Jean Chan Dish of Apples and a Pomegranate 12 postscript 14 John McCullough Watermelon Man 15 Susannah Dickey You know that riddle about a river crossing 16 You know that riddle (reopening) 19 Meredi Ortega Very important Deer 21 Will Harris Voice Notes 22 South London Mum 24 Kandace Siobhan Walker I Wonder How I’ll Sleep at Night 25 Dominic Leonard Oh no! 26 Clare Pollard Inana 28 Joe Carrick-Varty Factual Pain Music Viewed from the Round Window of a Submarine 30 Liz Berry Eliza 31 A Girl 32 Darling Foal 32 Trembling Aspen 33 Emma Jeremy the horse could die 34 Helen Quah Selfie 35 Tall 36 [Goodmayes, Sainsbury’s car park] 37 Matthew Haigh All day I dwell on it 38 Tim Liardet Lab Sample 5: Quehonavir, Serum Drug... 39 Fourteen Ways of Reading the Messages Sent from a Spot Marked in Yellow 40 Simon Costello f rom Folk Horror 42 Shannon Smith-Meekings Reason why I’ve stopped holding hands 43 If asked to write an elegy – 44 Gyalist 46 Some Mornings 47 If I told you the body dies before the mind – 48

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CONTENTS Poems Charles Simic Golden Oldies 7 Early Light 7 The Palace 8 On the Way to the Beach 8 Richard Scott Still Life with Rose 9 Still Life with Three Roses 10 Still Life with Snail, Oyster,

Spoon and Shallot Vinegar 11 Still Life with Apple, Ceramic

Mary Jean Chan

Dish of Apples and a Pomegranate 12

postscript 14

John McCullough Watermelon Man 15 Susannah Dickey You know that riddle about a river crossing 16 You know that riddle (reopening) 19 Meredi Ortega Very important Deer 21 Will Harris Voice Notes 22 South London Mum 24 Kandace Siobhan Walker I Wonder How I’ll Sleep at Night 25 Dominic Leonard Oh no! 26 Clare Pollard Inana 28 Joe Carrick-Varty Factual Pain Music Viewed from the

Round Window of a Submarine 30

Liz Berry

Eliza 31 A Girl 32 Darling Foal 32 Trembling Aspen 33 Emma Jeremy the horse could die 34 Helen Quah Selfie 35 Tall 36 [Goodmayes, Sainsbury’s car park] 37 Matthew Haigh All day I dwell on it 38 Tim Liardet Lab Sample 5: Quehonavir, Serum Drug... 39 Fourteen Ways of Reading the Messages

Sent from a Spot Marked in Yellow 40

Simon Costello f rom Folk Horror 42 Shannon Smith-Meekings Reason why I’ve stopped holding hands 43

If asked to write an elegy – 44 Gyalist 46 Some Mornings 47 If I told you the body dies before the mind – 48

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