A paradox at the heart of Beckett is that he uses art to explore the meaninglessness of human lives, when many would say the prime purpose of art is to find meaning.
Poetry review – LETTERS HOME: D A Prince explores Jennifer Wong’s challenging collection about multiple threads of identity
Poetry review – BELLADONNA: Mat Riches finds many layers in a small chapbook by Suna Afshan
Poetry review – NO FAR SHORE: Norbert Hirschhorn enjoys Anne-Marie Fyfe’s travel memoir that weaves a course between prose and poetry
Poetry review – THE HUMAN HEART: Mat Riches discovers that Hugh Underhill‘s latest collection benefits from a second reading
Poetry review – NAKED SINCE FAVERSHAM: Carla Scarano praises Alex Josephy’s new collection for its multifaceted images and musical language
Poetry Review – MERCY: David Cooke discerns many intriguing elements in a promising first collection by Róisín Kelly
Poetry Review – THE GIRL WHO CRIED: Alex Josephy is moved by the eloquence of Charlotte Gann’s poetry
Poetry Review – OUT OF SILENCE: Stephen Claughton considers Fred Beake’s new collection of lucid and atmospheric poems of reflection
Poetry Review – SCION: Mat Riches engages with Sue Rose’s powerful exploration of family and identity
Poetry Review – SAVING FRUIT – Rennie Halstead looks at a lost way of life in rural Lincolnshire in Lynda Plater’s latest pamphlet.
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Poetry review – STEM: Carla Scarano reviews a collection by Belinda Cooke which looks perceptively and acceptingly at human frailties