Poetry review – THIS COMMON UNCOMMON: Pat Edwards identifies with poems by Rae Howells which reflect the tension between preservation of wild spaces and the genuine need for housing development
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Poetry review – MISSING THE MAN NEXT DOOR: Kelly Davis finds that Annie Fisher has a light touch even when dealing with serious subjects
What is Quality in Art? Review by Barbara Lewis. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder – or so they say. For Alejandro Vergara-Sharp, art historian and senior curator of Flemish and Northern European Paintings at the Prado in Madrid, art appreciation can be more much objective than that if your standard is quality.
Poetry review – POND: Michael Brown considers Sarah Westcott’s inventive use of language for engaging with the natural world
Poetry review – LOSS AND ITS ANTONYM: Charles Rammelkamp admires Alison Prine’s poetry about grief and love
Poetry review – THIS IS YOU, DEAR STRANGER: Pat Edwards finds a striking use of form and language plus a depth of emotional intelligence in these complex poems by Paula Jennings
Poetry review – BETWEEN CHANCE AND MERCY: Kimberly K. Williams reviews an uncompromising state-of-the-nation collection by James E. Cherry
Poetry review – IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS: James Roderick Burns finds present day relevance in a collection of poems based on Old Testament verses
HARDY WOMEN: MOTHER, SISTERS, WIVES, MUSES: Kevin Saving reviews Paula Byrne’s extensive examination of significant women in Thomas Hardy’s life
Poetry review – MUSIC, AWAKE HER: Edmund Prestwich admires both musicality and mutually illuminating images in a new collection by Martha Kapos
Poetry review – SHIFTING SANDS: Chris Hardy enjoys the way that Anne Symons explores the human element in some familiar and unfamiliar stories
Poetry review – MY LOVER AS HOUDINI: Rennie Halstead considers the sense of loss conjured up in Robert Seatter’s poems about an abruptly ended love affair
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2024 0 • Tags: books, poetry, Rennie Halstead