Great stuff. Lots of nice quotes but Hugo Williams contributing in both 1962 and 2026 trumps everything ("Ted Hughes?! I can’t believe I wrote that. I’ve never liked him").
Congratulations to Jamie and everyone at TLM for pulling it off.
Jeremy Wikeley
'Would poetry be more effective – that is, interest more people more deeply – if it were more directly concerned with the issues of our time?'
@joriegraham.bsky.social, Don Paterson, @aestallings.bsky.social and more have their say in our 2026 Survey of Poets.
thelondonmagazine.org/article/essa...
The London Magazine speaks to Jorie Graham, Don Paterson, A. E. Stallings and more about the state of poetry and poets today.
