STEPHEN WILSON The work of the English poet, Richard Berengarten, is well known for its multicultural perspectives. This essay focuses on his long poem The Manager with particular reference to themes linked to Jewish heritage. It concludes with an analysis…
In March 2026, the Poetry Archive was delighted to launch a very special poetry collection in partnership with the distinguished Cambridge poet, Richard Berengarten. ‘The Death of Children’ features 40 versions of Richard’s original poem, written in English, and now…
ROULA-MARIA DIB Slow the pulse until it learns the patience of rings, time written inward. They were growing while empires rehearsed collapse. They watched dyes bleed into water, heard prayer ferment into air, felt language lean against bark. I speak…
JOHN IRVING CLARKE Edward, they say, Edward, this is not the end of anything, this is a new chapter opening. The ranked high-backed chairs in uniform green, the parked walking frames and the assemblage of vacant faces is a new…
SILVIA PIO and LESLIE MCBRIDE WILE (edited by) «Because hazelnut time is a calendar, an emotion, a carriage of green and glass bearing memories and hopes…» (Luigi Sugliano) Hazelnut groves have covered the Langhe hills for decades, with an expansion…
SILVIA PIO Maria Luisa Berneri was born in Arezzo, Italy, in 1918 and died in London in 1949: a short and remarkable life. She spent her childhood up to the age of 8 in Italy, from 8 to 19 she…
ROGAN WOLF The Other Side I dreamed last night I crossed a bridge and was terrified by the strangeness of the other side, how dangerous it felt to know so little of what to say and where to hide my…
SILVIA PIO He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train…
GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT RECOGNITION Stacked on the writing table the books multicolored, large and small, thin and thick poetry from all over the world. Peaceful words waiting for the recognition, for the acceptance of being distinct and different, to be…
SILVIA PIO A few weeks before the wedding, my best friend’s daughter decided to break up with her boyfriend, with whom she had been sharing a flat for two years. What to do with the stuff in the flat? Furniture…
SILVIA PIO She saw the bottom where the water was sweet, surrendered her body to the waves she feared as a gift, and dreamed the dreams she had kept to give as presents wrapped with indecision (and you used to…
Margutte is closing for the holidays. Best greetings. (Artwork: Nadia Martynenko, Ukraine)
SILVANO GREGOLI Canberra, April 1995 It’s almost time to leave. Four years in Australia and the chapter is already closing. At this point it is customary to put together a few souvenirs. The first one is ready. It is a…
EMILY DICKINSON In the Italian page Gabriella Mongardi analyzes Emily Dickinson’s poems focusing on the element ‘water’. Here are the poems quoted in her article. 107 ‘Twas such a little – little boat That toddled down the bay! ‘Twas such…
JOHN IRVING CLARKE The sycamore sapling sited on the curve of the carefully chosen soft grass verges route in the park. Twice the scene of a near-hit as the cycle wobbled the bend, foreshadowing a cartoon image of a man chasing…
