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Author: Julia, Editor

Finlay Worrallo reads ‘Voiced bilabial plosive’ (Issue 95)

dictionary definition, linguistics, Pennine Platform, phonetics, Poem, spoken word

Angela Graham reads ‘The Grianán of Aileach’ (Issue 95)

Angela Graham, archaeology, burial site, Donegal, Ireland, monument, prehistory, thin place
A hand-tinted, mid-twentieth century photograph of Dorothea Kaloumenos, subject of the poem and the poet’s grandmother.

Konstandinos Mahoney reads ‘Dorothea’ (Issue 95)

20th century, Audio, elegy, From Past Issues, grandmother, history, life story, Pennine Platform, Poem, reading

A Free Verse first

After 51 years in print, Pennine Platform made its debut at the Poetry Society’s Free Verse Book Fair in London … More

Book Fair, event, London, Poetry Society, St columba’s Church Hall

Behind the Scenes Part 1 (Issue 95)

Regular readers will notice a slight difference in this issue: after ten contributions K E Smith is taking a break … More

current issue editorial, editing, From Past Issues, Poem, poems, unpaid-work, writers, writing

Tune in to our latest podcast for more of what we’re about

Our fourth live radio gig took place on Tuesday 30th January 2024. Join me and four Issue 94 contributors as … More

Sarah Wimbush reads ‘Queen Coal’ (Issue 94)

Audio, miners, mining, Pennine Platform, Poem, reading

David Harmer reads ‘Vanity’ (Issue 94)

Audio, books, Pennine Platform, Poem, poets, publising, reading, recycling, waste disposal

Theresa Sowerby reads ‘Prague 1976’ (Issue 94)

Audio, gender, graves, history, landmarks, mourning, Pennine Platform, Poem, politics, reading, travel

Nick Pearson reads ‘The Supremes, San Francisco, 1966’ (Issue 94)

Audio, listen, music, Pennine Platform, Poem, pop culture, reading

Stephanie Bowgett reads ‘I am in Highgate Cemetery with Mr Hogarth’ (Issue 94)

18th Century, animals, artists, Audio, cemeteries, graves, London, Pennine Platform, Poem, reading, species, wildlife

Trees as Inspiration (Issue 94)

As another ominous war fills our screens, and poets in safer places question their perhaps trivial obsession with words, politicians … More

Editorial, From Past Issues, literature, Pennine Platform, Poem, poems, sycamore-gap, wordsworth, writing

Jack Stewart reads ‘Rosaries’ (Issue 93)

aging, Audio, beads, belief, consolation, contributor, cranberries, faith, knuckles, peas, Pennine Platform, poet, prayer, reading, self-belief, talismen, wisdom

Martin Johns reads ‘Homecoming’ (Issue 93)

Audio, Pennine Platform, Poem, reading

A. K. Davidson reads ‘Packaging’ (Issue 93)

Audio, bins, neighbour, nosy, packaging\neighbours, Pennine Platform, Poem, privacy, psychology, reading, trash, waste disposal

Hilaire reads ‘Valse triste’ (Issue 93)

Audio, Classical, composer, dance, modernis*, modernism, music, Pennine Platform, Ravel, reading, Romantic*, Sibelius, waltz

Pennine Platform on the Radio

Julia and recent contributors discuss how poems, and long-running poetry magazines, work. Our first two live broadcasts from Leeds’ dynamic … More

Audio, contributors, listen in, Pennine Platform, reading

Nothing Personal (Issue 93)

‘Embarrassment at being human,’ said Kay Ryan in The Yale Review (2004), ‘may be a deeper provocation to artistic production … More

Editorial, Examiners, objective correlative, Pennine Platform, T S Eliot, The Waste Land

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