Wendy French ponders over the questions raised by a new chapbook from Sophie Essex
poetry reviews
Pam Thompson considers in depth a collection by Janet Sutherland which uses personal recollection as a starting point for dealing with wider issues.
John Forth finds that – among its many other achievements – Ann Drysdale’s poetry nearly always cheers him up
David Cooke considers Jenny Lewis’s important new version of the Gilgamesh epic
Wendy French dips into a promising first collection by Sue Burge
D A Prince praises a new collection by Kate Noakes which deals with dislocation and survival
Nick Cooke finds honesty and authenticity in a debut collection by Ian Humphreys
Nicholas Bielby seeks to do justice to the scale of this major collection by W D Jackson
Thomas Ovans enjoys Neil Fulwood’s eloquently forthright poetic opinions about the state we’re in
James Roderick Burns is moved by a thoughtfully chosen selection of Joan Ure’s defiant poetry
Alwyn Marriage admires the depth and musicality of John Greening’s long poem about creativity and its loss
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2019 • Tags: books, Kate Noakes, poetry • 0 Comments
Kate Noakes considers Jane Clarke’s new pamphlet in which she takes on the challenging task of writing war-related poetry