Poetry review – A GRAIN OF TRUTH : Colin Carberry admires Celia de Freine’s bilingual collection exploring the plight of the disadvantaged and marginalised
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Poetry review – THE LAST ONE PICKED: D A Prince recognizes how far Stuart Handysides has developed his craft and experience before producing a first collection
Poetry review – CONVERSATIONS WITH A MACHINE : Michael Bartholomew-Biggs reviews a slim collection by Ruth Irwin that seeks to engage with big questions
Poetry review — CONVERSATIONS WITH MAGIC STONES: Sue Wallace-Shaddad admires how the techniques of writing and sculpture are related in Vivienne Tregenza’s collection inspired by the life & work of Barbara Hepworth
Poetry review – BEYOND THE NINTH WAVE and RED DRESS: Simon Jenner reviews recent collections by Gordon Meade and David Cameron
Poetry review – SKY SAILING: Marie-Louise Eyres finds that a surrealist element in Tony Kitt’s poetry doesn’t hinder its ability to connect with a world his readers can recognize
Poetry review – MULTUM IN PARVO: Alex Josephy is impressed by the range and richness of the material from which Jane Weir crafts her poems
Poetry review – FACE IT: Jennifer Johnson considers the psychological undercurrents in a substantial first collection by M Stasiak
Poetry review – CROSSING PATHS: Sarah Leavesley admires a sequence of poems about cross-country walks by Jean Atkin & Richard Skinner which could be seen as a kind of rambler’s guide in verse
Poetry review – OUR WEIRD REGIMENT: Shanta Acharya discusses Martyn Crucefix’s thoughtful and eloquent explorations of change and fragility
Poetry review – DEAR LIFE: Jennifer Johnson admires the broad and compassionate scope of a major collection by Shanta Acharya
Poetry review – TRANSITIONS: Norbert Hirschhorn responds to Marilyn Hacker’s new collection by reflecting on the sonnet form that she handles so very well
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry, poetry reviews, year 2026 • Tags: books, Norbert Hirschhorn, poetry