poetry reviews

D A Prince finds that metaphor & reality combine in a nautically-flavoured collection from Lynne Hjelmgaard

Richie McCaffery admires the range and scope of an anthology celebrating half a century of Modern Poetry in Translation.

Graham Hardie considers a collection by Graham Buchan in which some rather sombre themes are balanced by welcome lighter touches.

Wendy Klein enjoys a side-by-side look at two compelling but entirely different books by Stuart Pickford and Nigel Pantling

Fiona Sinclair considers a heavyweight collection from Michael Rosen and decides that it does not pull any political punches.

Roger Caldwell discerns a remarkable felicity of phrasing in Matthew Barton’s third collection.

London Grip comments on recent poetry collections by Andy Green, Mandy Coe, Caroline Davies and Mo Gallaccio

Emma Lee reviews a prize-winning pamphlet by S A Leavesley

Thomas Ovans congratulates Ver Poets on their 50th birthday and on the anthology they have produced to celebrate it.

Nick Cooke surveys a collection by Michael Vince which spans ancient and modern worlds

Fiona Moore applauds Cristina Viti’s fine translation of Gezim Hajdari’s poems of exile

Dangerous Liaisons: Brian Docherty pursues an unreliable narrator through the latest collection by Matthew Caley