John Forth reviews recent collections by Simon Richey & Sue Boyle
poetry reviews
Thomas Ovans is particularly impressed by a haunting quality in the poems from a new collection by Andrew Shields
John Lucas reviews a mixed bag of recent poetry collections from both sides of the Atlantic .
Anna Robinson looks at a recent anthology of poems about historical events and considers what we can learn from poetry about ways of exploring the past.
Emma Lee gives a glimpse of the fine poems contained in the latest Second Light anthology and also considers the role that such anthologies can play.
Wendy Klein finds much to enjoy in an ambitious new collection by David Attwooll
The carefully crafted poems in the new Michael Curtis collection manage to combine anger and detachment, observes Rosie Johnston
Two new collections from Murray Bodo and Michael McCarthy both show great compassion for human needs and weaknesses .
Norbert Hirschhorn admires the new collection from Anne-Marie Fyfe for its carefully shaped trajectory of echoing but elusive images.
D A Prince is impressed by the deft and distinctive use of words in Janet Fisher’s latest collection.
Emma Lee admires Claire Crowther’s skilful use of appropriately restrictive forms in her poetic homage to silent cinema – and finds also that this pocket-size chapbook is generously packed with images and information.
Thomas Ovans applauds a new poetry anthology edited by Peter Kennedy – and also the motivation behind it.
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2015