Peter Ualrig Kennedy finds real depths in Chris Hardy’s recent collection.
poetry reviews
Thomas Ovans looks at myth and reality as handled in a debut pamphlet from Kitty Coles
Emma Lee examines Mario Susko’s compassionate approach to poems about conflict
Thomas Ovans is surprised – but in a good way – by some subtle oddities in John Roe’s use of language
Graham Hardie takes particular note of the wide range of the poems in a debut pamphlet by Robin Thomas.
James Roderick Burns sees Tania Hershman’s debut collection as an exploration of uncertainty.
The poems of Pauline Yarwood seem to know where they are going and Alex Josephy sets out to follow them
Wendy French finds that Ruth Valentine’s chapbook fully meets the challenge of responding to the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
D A Prince reviews a poetry anthology which commemorates the 800th anniversary of the Charter of the Forest – a companion to Magna Carta that should probably be better known
Peter Ualrig Kennedy finds there is so much to reward the reader in Naomi Jaffa’s riveting second collection of conversational and hard-hitting poems.
John Forth investigates the thinking behind the poems in Peter Bland’s latest collection
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2017 1 • Tags: books, John Forth, poetry