Poetry review – SAVED TO CLOUD: Adele Ward finds the climate emergency and Covid restrictions can sit side-by-side with poems depicting a long life lived to the full in this collection by Kate Foley
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Poetry review – THE FAMILIAR: Alan Catlin gets to grips with a most original and unusual collection by Sarah Kain Gutowski
Poetry Review – TIGER MOTH: Amelia Walker gives Róisín Tierney’s latest collection the close attention it deserves
Poetry review – HALF OTHER: Emma Storr admires an extraordinary account of the joys and sorrows of twinship by Peter Wallis
Poetry Review – BECAUSE WE COULD NOT DANCE AT THE WEDDING: Jean Atkin discovers that these love poems by Michael McKimm benefit from his keen ear and sharp eye.
NECESSARY DEEDS: Charles Rammelkamp follows the twists and turns in this new novel by Mark Wish
Poetry review – A BROKEN MAN IN FLOWER: Edmund Prestwich commends the power and effectiveness of David Harsent’s versions of poems by Yannis Ritsos
Poetry review – END CEREMONIES: Matthew M. C. Smith finds Stuart McPherson’s poetry rewarding on levels beyond straightforward comprehension
Poetry review – THE TURPENTINE TREE: Colin Pink finds himself drawn into a world re-created by Lynne Hjelmgaard’s poems of recollection
Poetry review – WHAT TO DO NEXT: D.A. Prince admires Sue Dymoke’s accessible and well-crafted final collection
Poetry review – SAFETY MEASURES AGAINST THE SEA: Pat Edwards admires Katharine Goda’s skillful way of tackling a difficult subject
CONTRAFLOW: Paul McDonald finds some surprises in a new and unusual anthology of English poetry from the last hundred years
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, literature, poetry reviews, year 2024 0 • Tags: books, literature, Paul McDonald, poetry