London Grip Poetry Review – David Constantine
Wendy French praises David Constantine’s new chapbook for its sharp visual images
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London Grip Poetry Review – Jane Routh
Stuart Henson detects a note of anger in Jane Routh’s particular and personal responses to place and nature
The Topiary of Passchendaele
Merryn Williams gives a concise appreciation of a prizewinning chapbook by Christopher North which contains several prizewinning poems.
London Grip Poetry Review – John Godfrey
John Godfrey’s poems are often concerned with how things work: but the poems themselves work very well
London Grip New Poetry Winter 2018/9
* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: * Maggie Freeman *Mary Franklin *Marisa Cappetta *Helen Burke *James Norcliffe *Claire Crowther * Keith Nunes *Ceinwen E Cariad Haydon*Hatty Calbus *Tess Jolly * Stuart Handysides *Abegail Morley * Carla Scarano *Stuart Pickford * Brian Docherty * Bethany W Pope * Arthur Russell *Nicholas Lyon […]
London Grip Poetry Review – Roy McFarlane
Emma Lee describes Roy McFarlane’s new collection as an important book from a compassionate poet.
London Grip Poetry Review – Konstandinos Mahoney
Wendy French admires Dino Mahoney’s poems for their empathy and breadth of understanding
London Grip Poetry Review – Tom Weir
Carla Scarano appreciates Tom Weir’s treatment of uncertainty in his new collection
London Grip Poetry Review – Deborah Alma
Neil Fulwood compliments Deborah Alma for a collection which rolls up its sleeves and gets down to business
London Grip Poetry Review – Myra Schneider
Wendy Klein finds rich imagery and a restless search for meaning in Myra Schneider’s ambitious tenth collection
London Grip Poetry Review – Zaffar Kunial
David Cooke is engaged by Zaffar Kunial’s poetic exploration of his own identity
In the Gemini Cafe
Charlie Hill appreciates the ‘dry, intimate and unexpected’ writing to be found in Neil Campbell’s collection