A special issue of Poetry Wales: Poetry & the Visual, a rare full-colour version of the magazine, accompanied by 4 postcards featuring work by the artist/poets involved.
Features
Iwan Bala on text and image in painting
Matt Jarvis takes a historical perspective on concrete poetry
Elin ap Hywel reflects on a collaboration
Pascale Petit discusses sculpture and poetry
Angela Gardner on gesture and rhythm
Poetry
Poems by Dannie Abse, David Foster Morgan, David Kennedy, Lyn Hjelmgaard, Helen Lopez, Peter Finch, Mike Jenkins, Peter Barry, Cris Paul, Alan Halsey, Tilla Brading, Ian Davidson, Tony Curtis, Naomi Foyle, Hywel Griffiths, Greg Hill, Phil Maillard, Jeremy Hooker, David Greenslade, Norman Schwenk, Richard Poole, Malene Engelunde, Phil Knight, Steve Griffiths, Margaret Lloyd, John Powell Ward
And in the Reviews section Lyndon Davies looks at collections by two contributors to this issue, Helen Lopez and Angela Gardner; Sue Hubbard reviews three collaborations between artists and poets; John Goodby considers two books by David Greenslade, including a collaboration with the late William Brown; Zoe Brigley weighs up anthologies from Bloodaxe and Seren; and Ian Gregson reviews Marys Oliver’s Evidence.
Features
Iwan Bala on text and image in painting
Matt Jarvis takes a historical perspective on concrete poetry
Elin ap Hywel reflects on a collaboration
Pascale Petit discusses sculpture and poetry
Angela Gardner on gesture and rhythm
Poetry
Poems by Dannie Abse, David Foster Morgan, David Kennedy, Lyn Hjelmgaard, Helen Lopez, Peter Finch, Mike Jenkins, Peter Barry, Cris Paul, Alan Halsey, Tilla Brading, Ian Davidson, Tony Curtis, Naomi Foyle, Hywel Griffiths, Greg Hill, Phil Maillard, Jeremy Hooker, David Greenslade, Norman Schwenk, Richard Poole, Malene Engelunde, Phil Knight, Steve Griffiths, Margaret Lloyd, John Powell Ward
And in the Reviews section Lyndon Davies looks at collections by two contributors to this issue, Helen Lopez and Angela Gardner; Sue Hubbard reviews three collaborations between artists and poets; John Goodby considers two books by David Greenslade, including a collaboration with the late William Brown; Zoe Brigley weighs up anthologies from Bloodaxe and Seren; and Ian Gregson reviews Marys Oliver’s Evidence.