Poetry review – SUB/URBAN LEGENDS: Sarah Leavesley reviews a collection by Pam Thompson which seeks to open the reader’s eyes to the everyday legends all around us
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Poetry review – NOT MY BEST SIDE: John Forth admires this new selection of U A Fanthorpe’s poetry for its laconic and compassionate voice and its comic precision
Poetry review – LEAVES BORROWED FROM HUMAN FLESH: Nick Cooke admires Abigail Ardelle Zammit’s forthright poetry, fierce in its commitment to justice
Poetry review – SAFE GROUND: Jennifer Johnson accompanies Rosie Johnston through some poetic reflections on past experiences
Poetry review – VANISHING POINT: Pat Edwards sees Colin Bancroft’s poems as a travel guide and the poet himself as a travelling companion
Poetry review – SELECTED POEMS: Paul McDonald enjoys a well-chosen and well-arranged selection of Maurice Riordan’s work
Poetry review – NATURAL BURIAL GROUND: Guy Russell reflects on the hard-to-accomplish subtlety and restrained sensitivity of this new collection by Will Burns
Poetry review – HEALING THE PACK: Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch admires clare e. potter’s intricate blending of the animate and inanimate
Poetry review – THE BLUE ARMCHAIR: Jennifer Johnson is impressed by the subtlety and careful attention to detail in this collection by John Froy
Poetry review – BURNTISLAND: Colin Pink reviews a collection in which Ian Farnes reflects on the history of his own small home town
Poetry review – BEAUTY & ASHES: Nancy Murphy admires Karen Warinsky’s poems both for their honesty and for their hopefulness
Poetry review – THE ICONOSTASIS OF ANXIETY: Pam Thompson engages with a dense and complex short collection by W N Herbert
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