Poetry review – SUNBATHING WITH FISHERMEN: Emma Storr admires the strength of feeling in Penny Sharman’s poems whether they are dealing with pain and loss or joy and pleasure
poetry reviews
Poetry review – BATHING ON THE ROOF: Pat Edwards considers how Tracey Rhys looks at feminist issues through the medium of water
Poetry review – CONSTRUCTING A WITCH: Nick Cooke is impressed by Helen Ivory’s energetic and zealously defiant poems
Poetry review – THE DEATH AND REBIRTH OF OPHELIA: Charles Rammelkamp manages to keep up with Robert Cooperman’s extensive re-working of Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Poetry review – FOXGLOVEWISE: Colin Pink admires the technical expertise behind Ange Mlinko’s imaginative and evocative poems
Poetry review – LANDSCAPES OF THE EXILED: Charles Rammelkamp commends Alan Catlin’s bleak poems as highly appropriate for the current troubled times
Poetry review – MISSING PERSON: Vanessa Lampert admires both the perceptiveness and the kindness of Nicholas Hogg’s observations
Poetry review – THE MAGIC THEATRE: Tim Murphy follows James Harpur through poetic reminiscences of student life
Poetry review – DAUGHTER OF THE SUN: Alex Josephy reviews Rachel Spence’s imaginative exploration of a mother-daughter relationship
Poetry review – CHRONICLE OF DRIFTING: Charles Rammelkamp explores the curious world evoked by Yuki Tanaka’s poetry
Poetry review – VISITING HOURS: Wendy French examines an unusual mix of poems and pictures by Michel & Gillie Robic, arising from an anxious time spent in hospital
Poetry review – A FULL-ON BASSO PROFUNDO: Jean Atkin investigates a complex and strongly-felt collection by Ken Evans
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