Poem of the week: The Proletariat Speaks by Alice Dunbar-Nelson
A remarkable piece of oratory records without explicit comment the stark social divisions of an unequal world
Geraint Jarman obituary
Musician, actor and poet who drew on cultural influences from reggae to European poetry in his Welsh-language work
Poem of the week: Veteran Sirens by Edwin Arlington Robinson
This delicate portrait of a group of women to whom life and time have not been kind is free from mockery or judgment
Hundreds of events mark five years since Covid-19 outbreak
Bereaved come together to commemorate those who died and pay tribute to health workers
Poem of the week: The Widow’s Lament in Springtime by William Carlos Williams
The conversational plainness of this monologue carries with it intense feeling
For a stagnating left mired in pessimism, Milton’s radical vision is poetry in motion
The poet-prophet shows us how to sustain hope and redemption in the wake of political defeat
The best recent poetry – review roundup
New and Collected Hell by Shane McCrae; The New Carthaginians by Nick Makoha; Father’s Father’s Father by Dane Holt; Hardly War by Don Mee Choi; Minx by Karen Downs-Barton
From The Sheep-Pig to His Dark Materials: the best audiobooks for children and teens
As research reveals children want to listen to books rather than read them, here are some of the best audiobooks to enjoy
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie review – a tale of four women
The Nigerian-American author returns with an astute and moving exploration of female experience
Five football clubs to get official poems
Five clubs located in ‘priority’ communities across England are taking part in the National Literacy Trust’s A Poem for Your Club
When It Rained for a Million Years by Paul Farley – thrilling leaps of imagination
An impressive collection of poems – largely set in industrial wastelands and musing on time and distance – makes the mundane magical
Chang’an review – animated Chinese tale of poet-warriors is spectacular work of art
The historic capital of China is rendered in gloriously intricate detail, but this animated feature feels like a state-sponsored history lesson
Poem of the week: River Babble by Eugene Lee-Hamilton
A disabled poet laments the freedom he has lost in physical life but celebrates the liberty he retains in poetic imagination
Poem of the week: That by Rebecca Watts
Repetition mounts to unnerving auditory effect as a trapped fly makes a life-or-death bid to escape
Andrew McMillan: ‘As an atheist, the poetry of Mary Oliver is the closest I come to prayer’
The poet on his early love of horror and the transformative power of Thom Gunn