London Grip Poetry Review – Donald Gardner
Richie McCaffery finds the new pamphlet by Donald Gardner to have something of the weight of a full collection
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London Grip Poetry Review – Keith Bosley
Keith Bosley’s expertise with language gives breadth to his poems without losing touch with the ordinary reader, observes Carla Scarano
London Grip Poetry Review – Mimi Khalvati
Norbert Hirschhorn delights in the discipline underpinning Mimi Khalvati’s poetry
London Grip Poetry Review – Phil Kirby
James Roderick Burns appreciates the way Phil Kirby handles darker aspects of life with honesty but without excluding hope
London Grip Poetry Review – John Fennelly
D A Prince admires John Fennelly’s attention to language and connections in this substantial new pamphlet
London Grip Poetry Review – Ruth Smith
Alex Josephy finds that Ruth Smith’s collection is one of those books which remind her why poetry is important
London Grip Poetry Review – Hirschhorn
Norbert Hirschhorn’s new collection draws deeply on his Jewish heritage and contains poems that are honest, compassionate and wise
Mercury Falling
John Lucas praises the craft and authenticity in a new novel by Robert Edric – and regrets that this accomplished writer doesn’t have the larger reputation he deserves
Truths & Reconciliation
Thomas Ovans reviews two new poetry anthologies from two small presses which tackle big themes.
London Grip Poetry Review – Commane
Pamela Johnson sees Jane Commane as a bold poet for troubled times
London Grip Poetry Review – Foley
Emma Lee considers Kate Foley’s poetic exploration of boundaries and how to cross them
A Third Colour
Merryn Williams shares a few thoughts about Alan Dunnett’s rather challenging poetry collection which seeks, among other things, to capture “the psychological fallout of anxiety in modern capitalist culture”