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Two Poems
Pascale Petit
‘His sheets smell of formalin. / She feels as if her insides // are outside her, in a freezer.’
Fourth Person Singular
Nuar Alsadir
‘The wet in the air is like signal anxiety: life is about to / change.’
The Remains of the Day
Emily Berry
‘I am lying in the foetal position on a beach in the east of England.’
Two Poems
Gary Barwin
‘it’s philosophy / coming from everyone at once // like a ballgown worn by the sky’
Portrayal: A Double Portrait
Edward Doegar
‘You can’t control your face / The Empire has over-reached / Expressions // Have become flags’
The Passing of the Contemplative Life
D. Ptryrczwz
‘she was not among those / I’d expected I might meet’
Maureen N. McLane in Conversation
Maureen N. McLane & Rachael Allen
Granta’s poetry editor Rachael Allen talks to Maureen N. McLane about ecology, lyric authority, and balancing poetry with criticism.
Two Poems
Anthony (Vahni) Capildeo
‘Fingers twirl / composite stems whose colour / twist rock-candies, snake-ladders / precious yellow, less-rare green.’