Poetry review – THE WORLD YOU NOW OWN: Jon Stone browses an elegant, erudite and entertaining new collection by PW Bridgman The World You Now Own: New Poems and a Novella in Verse P. W. Bridgman Ekstasis Editions ISBN 978-1-77171-552-2 109pp $28.95
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Poetry review – I SING TO THE GREENHEARTS: Pat Edwards enjoys novel and surprising viewpoints in the new collection by Maggie Harris
Poetry review – SONNETS FOR MY MOTHER AS LEAR: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs is impressed by Martin Malone’s poems about the challenges of caring for an elderly parent
Poetry review – WISH: Paul McDonald appreciates the directness and persistent optimism of Maggie Brookes-Butt’s well-crafted poems
Poetry review – POISON: Jennifer Johnson admires the originality of Louise Warren’s latest chapbook
Poetry review: Merryn Williams looks at recent collections by Paul Binding, Rennie Parker and Andrew Sant
Poetry review – exposure: Nick Cooke is impressed by this debut chapbook from Eric Yip
Poetry review – THE SHORES OF VAIKUS: Stuart Henson is captivated by this myth-like sequence of sometimes cruel, sometimes enchanting prose-poems by Philip Gross
Poetry review – A RAVEN ON A WRITING DESK: D A Prince finds an intriguing mix of both rich and pared-back language in Julie Hogg’s collection
Poetry review – DEAR LIFE: Jennifer Johnson admires the broad and compassionate scope of a major collection by Shanta Acharya
Poetry review – OCTOPUS MIND: Kate Noakes finds Rachel Carney’s examination of dyspraxia to be both perceptive and precise.
Poetry review – VISITING HOURS: Wendy French examines an unusual mix of poems and pictures by Michel & Gillie Robic, arising from an anxious time spent in hospital
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