New Poems by Charlotte Runcie

Poet and editor of Pomegranate magazine, Charlotte Runcie, is this week's featured poet on the Poetry Group. You can read three new poems of hers here.

Next week's featured poet will be Andrew Bailey, a widely published writer who won the Poetry Society's Geoffrey Dearmer Prize in 2005.

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Katy Murr said…

I suppose this is the downfall of not having a facebook account...

Interesting to hear what you say about the poetry nights in Sheffield; it sounds as lively as here. If I'm over to visit friends any time, I think I'll find a couple to go to.

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