A HIGH CALLING: Paul McDonald enjoys an intriguing mix of poems, literary history, critical analysis and autobiography which John Greening uses to explore the motivations of a poet
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* ISSUE 57 of LONDON GRIP NEW POETRY features poems by: * Alex Saynor * Myra Schneider *Stuart Pickford *Kenneth Pobo *Philip Dunkerley *S C Flynn *Tim Waller *Anne Ryland *Jenny Hockey *Anna Bowles *Pam Thompson *Glen Hunting *Maggie Freeman *Peter Daniels *Ger Duffy *Antony Mair *Mary Mulholland *Lesley Saunders *Judith Wozniak *Michael O’Brien *Prue […]
Paradise Lost. Review by Alan Price. Talking to some of my poetry reading friends on how they feel about Milton they all said he is greatly admired but unloved: especially when tackling his epic (700 lines) poem, Paradise Lost.
HOUSE OF HABERDASH: Ben Philipps visits a multi-media – text and textiles – at the Torriano Meeting House
Birdsong. Review by Barbara Lewis. Flanders, one of the most densely populated areas of Europe, is the birthplace of artist David Claerbout, whose reaction to an excess of human frenzy is a quest to redefine time.
* ISSUE 56 OF LONDON GRIP NEW POETRY features poems by: *Sam Szanto *Joseph Blythe *Barbara Howerska *Ross Jackson *Rosie Jackson *Angela France *Norton Hodges *Tony Dawson *Jim Murdoch *Jeff Gallagher *Ceinwen Haydon *Lewis Wyn Davies *Peter Surkov *Pam Job *Michael Carrino *Alexis Deese-Smith *Ben Banyard *John Bartlett *Sue Wallace-Shaddad *Dan Burns *Pam Zinnemann-Hope *Graham […]
REMEMBERING DONALD ATKINSON: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs reflects on the relatively short career of a very original poet and adds some personal memories.
* ISSUE 55 OF LONDON GRIP NEW POETRY features poems by: *Maggie Wadey *Stephen Komarnyckyj *Marilyn Ricci *Denise Bundred *Sam Szanto *Anne Bailey *Clare Starling *Lisa Kelly *Jennifer Johnson *John Whitehouse *Mark McDonnell *Dmitry Blizniuk *Tony D’Arpino *Glenn Hubbard *Nicki Heinen *Anne Eyries *Josh Ekroy *Wendy Klein *Paul Stephenson *Norton Hodges *Ruth Lexton *Caleb Murdock […]
THE MOON LOOKS ON THEM ALL: Angela Topping browses a collection of essays by John Lucas on the subject of friends and friendship
THE TRAVELS OF A PINK FEATHER: Lisa Kelly reports from the first international Performance Poetry Biennial Symposium-Festival
Dante’s Divine Comedy. Review by Alan Price. Here we have a guide to the circumstances and influence of Dante’s great poem and a prose translation of The Divine Comedy.
JOHN LUCAS ONLINE: London Grip reveals a cache of valuable material
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