poetry reviews

D A Prince applauds Keith Hutson’s poetic tributes to music hall performers

Rosie Johnston enters into the spirit of an intoxicating anthology of pub poems mixed by Helen Mort and Stuart Maconie

Pam Thompson finds her attention consistently held by Robin Houghton’s poetry

Camera Eye / I, Camera: Brian Docherty considers Jacqueline Saphra’s poem sequence based on remarkable photographs of and by Lee Miller

Carla Scarano wonders how Christine McNeill’s poetry manages to combine tactile sensations and transcendence

Alex Josephy reviews an enjoyable debut collection from Natalie Burdett

Ruth Valentine recognizes the delicacy with which Isabel Bermudez introduces poetic strangeness into familiar subjects.

Kerrin P Sharpe’s poems consistently offers a new take on the world, observes Roger Caldwell; but at times they can also be agreeably baffling.

Peter Ualrig Kennedy appreciates the warmth and variety in Rose Cook’s recent collection.

Stuart Henson approves the Very Selected concept in general and Michael Laskey’s volume in particular

Emma Lee takes a cool look at the poetry of Hera Lindsay Bird

Nick Cooke relishes Stephen Bone’s poetic exploration of some darker aspects of botany