Great Regulars: From here she [Annie Freud] embarks

on a subtle deconstruction of the paradox at the heart of poetry - the conflict between the poet's desire to say something unique and the necessity of using infinitely recycled words - via an investigation of the way in which the memory of old loves contaminates the experience of new.

from Sarah Crown: The Guardian: Freudian blip

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Another week, another poem, this one chosen by FrankCB, who nominates Paul Farley's Liverpool Disappears for a Billionth of a Second on the grounds that "someone at a meeting unexpectedly recited it . . . And it was fantastic!"

I agree.

from Sarah Crown: The Guardian: theblogbooks: Poem of the week

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