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Blogs in June 2025

Beowulf 15th June 2025

Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel’s mother. He then returns...

Berliners 7th January 2025

Berliners is a poem that originated from a conversation in Berlin. After several visits to Berlin, and a recent work assignment there with the German Film Academy, John Simmons became fascinated by the role of the city in 20th...

Gods and Monsters: Mythological Poems 29th August 2023

This beautiful illustrated poetry anthology gathers poems about myths from writers from the ancient world to the present day, retelling ancient stories from all around the world.

Contemporary Latvian Poetry 9th March 2023

The three books of this anthology present three generations of poets in the Baltic countries: those born before the Soviet occupation, during it, and shortly before the countries regained independence in the 1990’s. From the classical perspective of Latvian...

Six Estonian Poets 9th March 2023

Features the work of six of Estonia’s most renowned poets: Hasso Krull, Jurgen Rooste, Triin Soomets, Kauksi Ulle, Elo Viiding and Juhan Viiding. An anthology of the work of five highly individual poets of the younger generation together with...