Poetry review – THE GIDDINGS: Emma Storr reflects on a compact but dense historical sequence by John Greening
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Poetry review – TRAVEL BY HAIKU: Charles Rammelkamp commends Marshall Deerfield’s efforts to compress a travelogue into a haiku sequence
Poetry review – POEMS TO NIGHT: Roger Caldwell reviews a new translation by Will Stone of some of Rilke’s less well-know poems
Poetry review – AT RISK: Rennie Halstead admires the way that Diana Cant has made poetry from her insights gained as a child psychotherapist
Poetry Review – THE LONG HABIT OF LIVING: Stephen Claughton admires the undiminished creativity on display in M R Peacocke’s new collection
A Fine Day for Seeing: ten artists/ten poets. In the wide art world, artists are often inspired by literature and writers write about artworks. This exhibition focuses on the collaboration between ten internationally known artists and ten renowned poets.
Poetry review – FEVERFEW: Jonathan Squirrell finds much to enjoy in a new collection by Anna Saunders
Poetry review – TYPICITY: D Ferrara admires the variety of tones in Colin Pink’s second collection
Poetry review – RESTORATIONS: Pamela Johnson examines a many-layered collection by Rosalind Hudis
Poetry review – AFTER HOPPER AND LANGE: Sue Wallace-Shaddad finds David Olsen’s ekphrastic poems are very evocative of the era portrayed by Dorothea Lange and Edward Hopper
Poetry review – ANCHORAGE: DA Prince is pleased to see a new collection featuring the distinctive voice of Lorraine Mariner
Poetry review – KARAOKE KING: Kate Ashton admires the range and complexity of Dai George’s new collection
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2021 • Tags: books, Kate Ashton, poetry