The best recent poetry – review roundup
indiom by Daljit Nagra; The Lights by Ben Lerner; Isdal by Susannah Dickey; The Ferguson Report by Nicole Sealy; Let the Light Pour In by Lemn Sissay; For the Unnamed by Fred D’Aguiar
Gboyega Odubanjo: police appeal for help over missing poet
Award-winning poet last seen in early hours of Saturday morning in Kelmarsh, Northamptonshire
Bright Fear by Mary Jean Chan review – pain and acceptance
The Hong Kong-born queer poet explores their parents coming to terms with their sexuality in tender, incisive pieces
Poem of the week: To a Sparrow by Francis Ledwidge
This brightly observed study of a ‘sweetly impudent’ bird carries with it a distinct political edge
Grieving Wordsworth found solace in poignant shipwreck treasure after brother’s death
When the Romantic poet’s younger brother John died at sea, marine artefacts helped him bear the loss, research reveals
The week in audio: Under Cover of Knight; The Missing Madonna; The Trial of Lucy Letby; Four Sides of Seamus Heaney – review
A woman’s death in Texas is unexpectedly mundane and the nurse’s court case a little too lurid. But there’s lots to love in the true story of a stolen Leonardo and a portrait of the Irish poet
What to read this autumn: 2023’s biggest new books
Sara Pascoe’s new novel, rare Terry Pratchett, memoirs from Barbra Streisand and Britney Spears, plus the essential reading on today’s hot button topics – all the releases to look out for
Pearl by Siân Hughes review – a circling story of memory and loss
Taking a Middle English classic as its inspiration, this is a novel about a lasting grief that echoes through time
Poem of the week: The Clever Cat by Mary Hannay Foott
A children’s poem from 1890 is the cheerful opposite of a homily about the virtues of working hard
The Guinness heir who became the ‘saviour’ of traditional Irish songs
Arts patron Garech Browne is the subject of a new book that hails him as a cultural rescuer who helped preserve Ireland’s folk tunes and poems
Poem of the week: The Meeting by Harriet Monroe
A quiet standoff on a US road in the early years of the automobile age is a vivid picture of a world in transition
Come on You Hatters: John Hegley’s poem for Luton Town
With his club playing in the Premier League for the first time, the poet pens an exclusive ode for the Guardian to mark the occasion
Poem of the week: Interlude by Amy Lowell
Lowell’s quietly sensuous love poem paints her lover’s face to be as luminous as the moon
The BBC’s Fergal Keane: ‘The breakdowns get harder to recover from each time’
The former BBC war reporter, now special correspondent, on the terror of PTSD, his tips for living with it day to day, and the people and poets he admires
Pam Ayres: ‘I inherited a love of English from my mother’
The poet, 76, tells Donna Ferguson about deference, dialect and her dreams of becoming a ballerina, and reveals the secret of a happy marriage