‘Poetry in school,’ said Simon Armitage this September, ‘is one of those few occasions when you can experience language for…
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Pennine Platform 88
Issue 88 now available. New work by 32 poets, from the Pennines to Greece. Order yours today.
Lucy Crispin reads ‘Looking for stuff the solicitor needs’ (Issue 87)
‘The Notebook’ by Clive Watkins (Issue 87)
It is in the end as if the morning light streamed through him where he sits at the half-open window,…
‘Near and Far’ by Jeanette Hattersley (Issue 87)
There is still grandeur; the curve of stone steps, the long, lazy windows overlooking the street where hens peck at…
‘Boustrophedon’ by Aidan Everett (Issue 87)
Does the ploughman, reaching the east of his furrow, lift up the plough and return it to the west to…
Ken Gambles reads ‘Pit Pony’ (Issue 87)
Jo Haslam reads ‘Lancashire’ (Issue 86)
‘Windows is shutting down’ (Issue 87)
At some stage in their careers most serious poets attend writing workshops. These events differ widely. Some are closed shops;…
Pennine Platform 87
Issue 87 now available. 56 new poems by 32 poets, from the Pennines to Australia. Order yours today.
Pennine Platform on The Radio
Hear Pennine Platform on the radio! Editor Julia Deakin and a selection of poets from issue No. 85 demonstrate what…
John Duffy reads ‘When we wis fab’ (Issue 86)
John Duffy reads ‘One of many circles’ (Issue 86)
‘Pulex irritans’ by Jenny Dixon (Issue 86)
Pulex irritans I am the n times great-grandson of the flea that famously bit John Donne. Crushed to death by…
‘Timeline’ by Joanna Sedgwick (Issue 85)
Timeline The Sign Language teacher explains where I should place my hands; to show past, present and future tense: the…
‘My Deafness, My Mother’s Deafness, My Grandad’s Deafness’ by John Barron (Issue 86)
My Deafness, My Mother’s Deafness, My Grandad’s Deafness Was felt inside that P.E. bag my mum stitched from old curtains.…
‘The Polish Princess who became Queen of Sweden’ by Mary Matusz (Issue 86)
The Polish Princess who became Queen of Sweden Catherine Jagiellon (1526-1583) Think of an entourage of fifty-nine: three Catholic priests,…
Pennine Platform 86
Pennine Platform No. 86. Sixty pages of scintillating new work from the Pennines and far beyond. Fleur Adcock, John Duffy,…
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