In the ‘New Poems’ section, Tatiana Faia pores over “The Key” by Jamie McKendrick and shows how the poem ponders upon the mythical features of the objects we carry with us. Helena Carneiro returns to Raymond Carver and examines “Hummingbird”, a poem built on the premise of a letter which will never meet its receiver. This month, in our Marginalia, we disclose curiosities about Marcel Proust, Clarice Lispector, J.D. Salinger, Sophia de Mello Breyner and Sigrid Undset.
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Clara Rowland argues that the abrupt stop whilst climbing a mountain in Robert Frost’s ‘Time Out’ has important consequences on our reading of the poem.
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The March issue of Jogos Florais brings you an interview with the Galician poet Chus Pato, with whom we talked about how poetry is the celebration of the fact that we are able to speak.
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brings you an interview with the poet Michael Longley, with whom we talked about orchids, long walks to see otters, poems about animals, patterns, kilts, Carrigskeewaun, and the difference between a translation and a poem. Michael Longley also gave us two beautiful unpublished poems, which you may read here.
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