Rosie Johnston is captivated by an engaging and original collection from Inua Ellams
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Pamela Johnson finds that Angela France’s landscape poems work on several levels.
Rosie Johnston admires the strongly narrative poetry of Jennifer A McGowan
D A Prince considers how best to appreciate the subtle poetry of Martyn Crucefix
Pam Thompson reviews a clutch of prize-winning pamphlets from Smith/Doorstop
Peter Ualrig Kennedy travels the world in the company of Margaret Eddershaw’s recent collection
Carla Scarano D’Antonio reviews Michael Bartholomew-Biggs’s poetic sketch of a family history which is based as much on imagination as on evidence.
* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: *Bethany W Pope *Maggie Butt *Ruth Bidgood *Helen Kay *Keith Nunes *Robert Ford *Deborah Tyler-Bennett *Stuart Pickford *Sue Burge *Kerrin P Sharpe *Pam Thompson *Jean Atkin *Bruce Christianson *Jan Hutchison *Phil Kirby *Stuart Henson *Ben Banyard *Gareth Culshaw *Barry Smith *Mary Franklin *Laura McKee *Carla […]
Motherhood is one of the themes in Clare Pollard’s new collection; but the book also broadens out into forceful and compassionate poems about the sorrows of the world into which our children are born.
Chris Beckett welcomes the arrival of a new collection from Julia Bird
Carla Scarano D’Antonio considers Jean Harrison’s reflective poetic reminiscences about her life and work in Ghana
Graham Hardie is enthusiastic about the new collection from S J Litherland
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2017 • Tags: books, Graham Hardie, poetry