Merryn Williams commends both the intention and the achievement of a poetry anthology in aid of refugee charities
poetry reviews
Thomas Ovans discovers that Danielle Hope’s latest collection contains a lot more than the likeable Mrs Uomo
Emma Lee admires Deborah Tyler-Bennett’s perceptive handling of memory and nostalgia.
Fiona Sinclair explores a picture & poem collaboration by Gordon Meade & Douglas Robertson
Richie McCaffery gives particular attention to the new section of M.R. Peacocke’s recent New and Selected
Peter Daniels sees Floyd Skloot’s new collection as a meditation on life and death – and on poetry as a means of dealing with both of them.
John Snelling finds an all too common “either/or” approach is replaced by a pleasingly inclusive “and/and” viewpoint throughout a kaleidoscopic collection by Marcus Smith
D A Prince finds Stuart Henson’s “Feast of Fools” hard to classify but easy to enjoy
Caroline Maldonado finds there are many possible ways of reading this chapbook of poems by Susan Wicks with artwork by Elizabeth Clayman
Poetry and Science are skilfully mixed in a new collection by Canadian poet Alice Major
Emma Lee finds a sense of place and atmosphere in Caroline Maldonado’s new chapbook
Pam Thompson finds some bold and resonant poems in a chapbook by Warsan Shire
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2016 • Tags: books, poetry