POEMS FOR THE YEAR 2020: Neil Fulwood surveys a well-timed selection of poems reflecting a complex year, well-curated by Merryn Williams
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EATING THE SUN: Charles Rammelkamp considers a multi-faceted book, embracing Poetry, Memoir & Recipes, composed by Rachael Ikins
Poetry review – INHALE/EXILE: Pat Edwards reviews and impressive and challenging collection by Abeer Ameer
Poetry review – THE YEARS FULFILLED: D A Prince admires a well-curated posthumously collected edition of Dorothy Gibson’s poems
Poetry review – REMEMBERING BLUE: Alex Josephy follows Colin Bell’s poetic charting of his recovery from major illness
Poetry review – POPULAR LONGING: Charles Rammelkamp seeks out the underlying attitude which drives Natalie Shapero’s teasingly surreal poetry
Poetry review – POSTCOLONIAL LOVE POEM: Carla Scarano D’Antonio engages with Natalie Diaz’s powerful poetry which voices an Indigenous people’s resistance to oppression
Poetry review – LARKSONG STATIC: Stephen Claughton takes a journey through a selection of Martin Malone’s poems
Poetry review –THE MINISTRY OF FLOWERS: Emma Storr is pleased to have encountered this new collection by Andrea Witzke Slot
Poetry review – WHEN I THINK OF MY BODY AS A HORSE: Pat Edwards is moved by the tenderness and honesty of Wendy Pratt’s poetry.
Revolution of the Word: Brian Docherty reviews new translations of Anna Gréki’s poetry of social and political engagement
ARRIVAL AT ELSEWHERE: Rennie Halstead investigates a poetic compilation curated by Carl Griffin which explores the experience of lockdown using many different voices
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2021 • Tags: books, poetry, Rennie Halstead