Georgina Hammick obituary

Poet and writer whose protagonists are often women comically uncomfortable inside outdated traditions of femininity

Was It For This by Hannah Sullivan review – a poem for Grenfell

Sullivan ponders tragedy and the homes she has known in a collection full of insightful observation and anguished comedy

‘Her writing became a catalyst for my own’: the power of Sylvia Plath

On the 60th anniversary of Plath’s death, Emily Berry celebrates the poet’s vigour, brilliance and relatability

Top 10 love poems

For Valentine’s, or really any other day, here are some works by poets from Plath to Rilke that express some of our own most intimate feelings

Richard Kell obituary

Other lives: Poet, teacher and composer who became part of the vibrant poetry scene in Newcastle and the north-east

Poem of the week: Morfudd Like the Sun by Dafydd ap Gwilym

This radiant verse by the 14th-century Welsh bard translated by M Wynn Thomas reveals a poetic innovator

The best recent poetry – review roundup

Content Warning: Everything by Akwaeke Emezi; The Hopeful Hat by Carole Satyamurti; Toys/Tricks/Traps by Christopher Reid; The Fourth Sister by Laura Scott

Gerald Moore obituary

Other lives: Expert on African literature who spent much of his time as a lecturer in Nigeria and Uganda

Poem of the week: Sonnet 105 by William Shakespeare

In this meditative poem, it feels as if the poet is addressing himself rather than flourishing words for a beloved

‘I have sad thoughts every day. I try not to be overcome by them’: Michael Rosen on coping with the death of his son

He is much loved for his daffy humour, but poet Michael Rosen’s new memoir, Getting Better, is an arrestingly honest account of devastating loss. He talks to Alex Moshakis about feeling sad, and why he’s no longer ‘carrying an elephant’

Poem of the week: Girlfriend, Poem 1 by Marina Tsvetaeva

This daring love poem, written in Russia in 1914, relays its intense passion with sardonic resignation

Toy Fights: A Boyhood by Don Paterson review – God, brawls and jazz

The poet tells the story of his early life in Dundee in vivid prose, complete with hyperbole, swearing and grumpy asides

TS Eliot prize winner Anthony Joseph: how poetry helped me love my absent father

The writer on switching from rock to poetry and how Sonnets for Albert explores his relationship with a missing parent who became an almost ‘mythological figure’