Poetry review – LET BATTLE COMMENCE: Norbert Hirschhorn reflects on Wendy Klein’s use of letters by one of her ancestors to make a poetic memoir of the American Civil War.
books
Poetry review – HOTEL: Julie Hogg finds promise in a first collection by Ali Lewis
Poetry review – MENAGERIE: Angela Topping enjoys a delightful illustrated chapbook by Cheryl Pearson
Poetry Review – VIVARIUM: the hidden violence of passing time, climate-change, history and the sense of self – Eret Talviste finds all this in Maarja Pärtna’s poetry
Poetry Review – RARE BIRDS: Angela Topping is moved and impressed by Natalie Scott’s poems about a women’s prison
Poetry Review – QUOTIDIAN: Peter Ualrig Kennedy waxes enthusiastic over this robust and well crafted collection by Paul Waring.
Poetry Review- THE COMING-DOWN TIME: Mat Riches suggests that Robert Selby’s poetry is not to be rushed either in the reading or the composition
Poetry Review – MONICA’S OVERCOAT OF FLESH: Pam Thompson admires Geraldine Clarkson’s poetry for being both imaginative and grounded.
Poetry review – STEM: Carla Scarano reviews a collection by Belinda Cooke which looks perceptively and acceptingly at human frailties
Poetry review – LETTERS HOME: D A Prince explores Jennifer Wong’s challenging collection about multiple threads of identity
Poetry review – BELLADONNA: Mat Riches finds many layers in a small chapbook by Suna Afshan
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2020 • Tags: books, poetry, Thomas Ovans • 0 Comments
Poetry review – SELF-PORTRAIT AS ORNITHOLOGIST: Thomas Ovans appreciates Karen Lloyd’s gift for describing and understanding the natural world