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Out of Theater Reaction - Saving Private Ryan #stevenspielberg #thefrida #movie
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Out of Theater Reaction - Saving Private Ryan #stevenspielberg #thefrida #movie
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November 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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I’ll be locking myself in | forever | this pink grid
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I’ll be locking myself in | forever | this pink grid
Jon Stone reviews ‘Persona Digitalia’ by Vik Shirley (Good Press, 2025)
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October 30, 2026 at 7:49 AM
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‘All I’ve sacrificed are my teeth’
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‘All I’ve sacrificed are my teeth’
Hilary Menos on the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem — Written 2026 shortlist
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October 23, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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‘Let us deal with one disappointment at a time’
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‘Let us deal with one disappointment at a time’
Bruno Cooke on the Forward Prize for Best Poem - Performed 2026 shortlist
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October 16, 2026 at 8:56 AM
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Two pamphlets – Elaine Ewart & Elizabeth Cook
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Two pamphlets – Elaine Ewart & Elizabeth Cook
Rachel Bower reviews 'The Professor of Transformation' by Elaine Ewart (New Walk, 2026) and Hilary Menos reviews 'Tumbling' by Elizabeth Cook (Mariscat, 2026).
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October 9, 2026 at 6:57 AM
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Here is a great list of UK publishers of pamphlets/chapbooks
#poetry

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Where to send your poetry pamphlet
With more and more poetry pamphlets being published in the UK, how do you decide where to send yours to give it the best chance of publication?
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October 8, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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I forget the joke, but I’ve got the gist
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I forget the joke, but I’ve got the gist
Three Friday Poems from our Archive from Matthew Stewart, Marcia Menter and Christopher Arksey
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October 2, 2026 at 6:50 AM
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Secrets, lost language, and hope
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Secrets, lost language, and hope
Jonathan Davidson reviews 'Missing Person' by Zoë Walkington (Smith|Doorstop, 2026)
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September 25, 2026 at 6:54 AM
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God of the mire, grant us artefact
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God of the mire, grant us artefact
D.A. Prince reviews 'Goyle, Chert, Mire' by Jean Sprackland (Cape, 2026).
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September 18, 2026 at 7:25 AM
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Something of a state of ecstasy
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Something of a state of ecstasy
Jane Routh reviews 'Flying Change' by Naomi Jaffa (The Garlic Press, 2026).
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September 11, 2026 at 8:16 AM
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Robots, attack!
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Robots, attack!
Helena Nelson and Hilary Menos discuss Dean Young's Constant Inescapable Flooding Subject and his latest (posthumous) collection, 'Creature Feature' (Copper Canyon, 2026).
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September 4, 2026 at 7:13 AM
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You are the player. Wake up.
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You are the player. Wake up.
Inigo Brodie writes about slaying the Ender Dragon in Minecraft, the story behind the End Poem, and how sometimes poetry isn’t an option, it’s the only option.
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August 28, 2026 at 6:50 AM
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A simple tree rooted in a quiet dream
Helena Nelson considers the pros and cons of Tree Poetry.
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August 21, 2026 at 7:40 AM
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A simple tree rooted in a quiet dream
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A simple tree rooted in a quiet dream
Helena Nelson considers the pros and cons of Tree Poetry.
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August 21, 2026 at 8:06 AM
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Punk Poetry – bitten the dust or alive and well?
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Punk Poetry – bitten the dust or alive and well?
Hilary Menos looks back at the poets who embodied the spirit of punk in the 1970s and 80s and asks where is the punk spirit today?
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August 14, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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My review of Robert Hamberger’s latest collection – for The Friday Poem

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February 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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There's a poem that I really like here about what happens to a little joke :-) ...
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Dancing inside a carnival of language
John Agard has won the CLiPPA (Centre for Literary in Primary Education Poetry Award) for the third time. Annie Fisher and Hilary Menos say congratulations!
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July 10, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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With a good poem about Beatrix Potter ... The Friday Poem on 4th July 2025 open.substack.com/pub/thefrida...
The Friday Poem on 4th July 2025
Jane Routh reviews 'The Last Corinthians' by Matthew Paul (Crooked Spire Press, 2025).
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July 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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One of my all-time favorite dark comedies featuring old world beauty and bloody violence. See it on the big screen @ #TheFrida in May #filmsky #lasky #InBruges
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Our first Volunteer Of The Month pick is from Preston, and he’s chosen Martin McDonagh’s pitch-black comedy — IN BRUGES!

Screening May 6-8 🔫

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Adorably befuddled Colin Farrell in In Bruges. Brendan Gleeson can be seen in the background over his shoulder
April 30, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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The Friday Poem on Friday 18th April 2025
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The Friday Poem on Friday 18th April 2025
Mattthew Stewart reviews 'The Conjurer' by Pedro Serrano, translated by Anna Crowe (Arc Publications, 2024).
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April 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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If you feel like gifting, might we suggest a donation to The Frida?

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October 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Thanks to all of your donations and patronage over the past year, we were able to replace our screens as part of routine maintenance, resulting in an even brighter image 🎉

If you want to make a tax-deductible contribution in support of The Frida, head to: secure.qgiv.com/for/thefrida...
Photos of the installation process for the Frida’s new screens
May 20, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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open.substack.com/pub/thefrida... “An ‘after’ at the start of a poem … can mean many things. Over time most readers work the options out. Alternatively, we pretend we understand. Survival in the poetry business involves a lot of bluffing”
What are poets really after?
Helena Nelson considers the pros and cons of the ‘after’ epigraph, poetry’s exclusive codes, and the necessary art of bluffing.
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August 10, 2026 at 10:46 AM
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Why read poetry? open.substack.com/pub/thefrida...
The Friday Poem on 14th February 2025 – oh crikey it's Valentines Day ...
... so here's a love letter to poetry from our Spoken Word Editor Bruno Cooke
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February 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM