Poetry Review. Britain's leading poetry magazine, providing a forum for poems from both new and established poets. Poetry Review is published by the Poetry Society in London, England. Established in 1909, the Poetry Society is a membership organisation open to all.
To launch the autumn issue of PoetryReview, Dreams of Elsewhere, and our first ever supplement, Contemporary Dutch Poets, Fiona Sampson invited Eva Gerlach to the Dutch Embassy to read some of her featured poems: Eva's readings follow Fiona's readings of John Irons' translations...
Published by the Society and sharing its aim of "helping poets and poetry thrive in Britain today" – a declaration of intent towards all schools and groups of poetry, not merely the fashionable or metropolitan – PR nevertheless comes with that independent room for manoeuvre which is essential if it's to achieve a literary project.
Kyle was the Poetry Society's founder and Director until his death in 1967 at ninety-two; his editorship lasted for a correspondingly substantial thirty-one years, during which the journal expanded its circulation, found wealthy patrons and established a tradition of interest in American verse.
Poetry (ancient Greek: ποιεω (poieo) = I create) is traditionally a written art form (although there is also an ancient and modern poetry which relies mainly upon oral or pictorial representations) in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content.
Poetry may use condensed form to convey an emotion or idea to the reader or listener, or it may use devices such as assonance, alliteration and repetition to achieve musical or incantatory effects.
Poetry was employed as a means of recording oral history, storytelling (epic poetry), genealogy, and law.
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