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'I dwell in possibility, a fairer house than prose'

The poetry round seeks out possibility, poetry and possible poetry across Europe, albeit with an accidental Scottish-German bias. Interested in writing or translating for us? Float a message in a bottle in the direction of poetry[at]cafebabel.com. For more bite-sized poetry news haiku us at @slender_means

Afterbabbel: A Rug of a Thousand Colours

Published on July 8, 2014 — by Annie Rutherford, Jessica Johannesson Gaitán

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Literary Round-Up: Untold Stories and Metro Rides

Published on May 30, 2014 — by Annie Rutherford

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Peggy Hughes: Listening to Books that Talk

Published on February 8, 2014 — by Annie Rutherford

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Afterbabbel: All Ears

Published on January 14, 2014 — by Annie Rutherford, Jessica Johannesson Gaitán

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An interview with Scottish author Ali Smith

Published on January 1, 2014 — by Annie Rutherford

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Poetry Advent Calendar 24: Poetry Jigsaw

Published on December 24, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Poetry Advent Calendar 23: Christmas presents for poets

Published on December 23, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Poetry Advent Calendar 22: Poetry Jigsaw

Published on December 22, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Poetry Advent Calendar 21: Reverse Book Club

Published on December 21, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Poetry advent calendar 20: Rose St Poems

Published on December 20, 2013 — by Ceris Aston

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Poetry Advent Calendar 19: Poetry Jigsaw

Published on December 19, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Poetry Advent Calendar 18: Good Gifts

Published on December 18, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Poetry Advent Calendar 17: A Book For Xmas

Published on December 17, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Poetry Advent Calendar 16: Poetry Jigsaw

Published on December 16, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Poetry Advent Calendar 15: Emergency Poet

Published on December 15, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Poetry Advent Calendar 14: Mrs Scrooge

Published on December 14, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Poetry Advent Calendar 13: Poetry Jigsaw

Published on December 13, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Poetry Advent Calendar 12: 26 Christmas stories

Published on December 12, 2013 — by Ceris Aston

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Poetry Advent Calendar 11: The Novel Cure

Published on December 11, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Poetry Advent Calendar 10: Poetry Jigsaw

Published on December 10, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford, Ceris Aston

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Poetry Advent Calendar 9: Camel Library Service

Published on December 9, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Poetry Advent Calendar 8: Post-it Poets

Published on December 8, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Poetry Advent Calendar 7: Talking Turkeys

Published on December 7, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Poetry Advent Calendar 6: Poetry Jigsaw

Published on December 6, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Poetry Advent Calendar 5: Pocket Poetry

Published on December 5, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Poetry Advent Calendar 4: Poetry Jigsaw

Published on December 4, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Poetry Advent Calendar 3: A Bedtime Story from Dylan Thomas

Published on December 3, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Poetry Advent Calendar 2: Blackwell's Wishing Trees

Published on December 2, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Poetry Advent Calendar: The First Door

Published on December 1, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Post-it poets: jessica Johannesson Gaitán

Published on November 16, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Lennie Goodings: Virago ain't changed the world yet

Published on October 11, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Political poetry: They spoke to change this place

Published on October 3, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Edinburgh book sculptures, part 2: I know why the uncaged bird sings

Published on September 14, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Edinburgh book sculptures, part 1: free to fly

Published on September 7, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Seamus Heaney: a soul ramifying and forever

Published on August 30, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Edina, Scotia's darling seat: Edinburgh international book festival

Published on August 19, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Kate Atkinson at the Edinburgh International Book Festival: bearing witness

Published on August 11, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Continuum: pushing the boundaries at Edinburgh art festival

Published on August 5, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Poetic graffiti and words on the way

Published on July 24, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Ludwig Steinherr: 'a functioning society always needs poets'

Published on July 17, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Playing a nocturne on a waterspout

Published on July 10, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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101 Arabian Nights: Erotic and existential

Published on July 2, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Nico Bleutge: 'Why I don't like nature poetry'

Published on June 28, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Why I love poetry / Why I hate poetry

Published on May 26, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Sartorial poetry: fusing the lyrical with the political

Published on May 19, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Armand Gatti: reading poetry up trees

Published on May 13, 2013 — by Delphine Malosse

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Digital birdsong and messaging Mars

Published on May 5, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Wrapping up poetry to delight

Published on April 23, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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Impressions of an infrarealista: Barcelona’s homage to Roberto Bolaño

Published on April 7, 2013 — by Nabeelah Shabbir

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Post-it poets: Thorben Schulte

Published on March 21, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

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