Poetry Review – SAVING FRUIT – Rennie Halstead looks at a lost way of life in rural Lincolnshire in Lynda Plater’s latest pamphlet.
Poetry Review – SLEEPER: James Roderick Burns finds that Jo Colley’s new collection is very appropriate for the current difficult times
Poetry review – REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES: Emma Storr reviews a collection by Patrick Lodge which features vivid and dramatic poems about the explorations of Captain Cook
Poetry review – VERITAS: Alwyn Marriage is impressed by Jacqueline Saphra’s skilfully crafted poetic responses to the paintings of Artemisia Gentileschi
Poetry review – A WARM AND SNOUTING THING: Charlie Hill reviews an engaging and intriguingly ambiguous new collection from Ramona Herdman
Poetry review – CUCKOO: Daniel Bennett reviews a densely populated and imaginative collection by Nichola Deane
Poetry Review – SAFFRON JACK: Kate Noakes is enthusiastic about a new narrative sequence by Rishi Dastidar
Poetry reviews: Louise Warren considers two illustrated collections about houses by Neil Elder and Amy Charlotte Kean
An unexpected joy of lockdown is seeing world-class performers in their natural habitats. Habitat is the apposite word for Simon Keenlyside, who read zoology at Cambridge before focusing on his operatic career and who describes a love of nature as “the marrow” of his existence. He looks to music for its validation.
Poetry Review – LITANY OF A CARDIOLOGIST: Carla Scarano considers a tightly-focussed debut collection by poet and heart specialist Denise Bundred
Poetry review – GOLD TO GOLD: Merryn Williams gives a short but sincere appreciation of John Mole’s newest collection
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Poetry Review – SCION: Mat Riches engages with Sue Rose’s powerful exploration of family and identity