Thomas Ovans congratulates Ver Poets on their 50th birthday and on the anthology they have produced to celebrate it.
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by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2016 • Tags: books, Nick Cooke, poetry •
Nick Cooke surveys a collection by Michael Vince which spans ancient and modern worlds
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2016 • Tags: books, Fiona Moore, poetry • 0 Comments
Fiona Moore applauds Cristina Viti’s fine translation of Gezim Hajdari’s poems of exile
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2016 • Tags: books, Brian Docherty, poetry • 0 Comments
Dangerous Liaisons: Brian Docherty pursues an unreliable narrator through the latest collection by Matthew Caley
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2016 • Tags: books, D A Prince, poetry • 1 Comment
D A Prince welcomes a new collection of William Wootten’s ‘modernist, yet traditional’ poetry
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2016 • Tags: books, poetry, Teoti Jardine • 0 Comments
Teoti Jardine finds Harvey Molloy’s new collection both accessible and inviting
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2016 • Tags: books, Leah Fritz, poetry • 0 Comments
Leah Fritz surveys a generous selection of poems by Stanley Moss and finds work that is surprising and sometimes shocking – but is always perfectly controlled
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2016 • Tags: books, David Cooke, poetry • 0 Comments
A substantial collection from Maitreyabandhu repays careful scrutiny, observes David Cooke
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2016 • Tags: books, John Snelling, poetry • 0 Comments
John Snelling commends Martyn Crucefix’s poetic version of Daodejing
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2016 • Tags: books, Emma Lee, poetry • 2 Comments
Jay Bernard’s collection tells an ancient story in which Emma Lee finds some modern resonances
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2016 • Tags: books, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, poetry • 0 Comments
A new collection by Tim Cunningham deals sensitively with loss and disappointment
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2016 • Tags: books, Emma Lee, poetry • 1 Comment
Emma Lee reviews a prize-winning pamphlet by S A Leavesley