Poetry Review – SAFFRON JACK: Kate Noakes is enthusiastic about a new narrative sequence by Rishi Dastidar
year 2020
Poetry reviews: Louise Warren considers two illustrated collections about houses by Neil Elder and Amy Charlotte Kean
An unexpected joy of lockdown is seeing world-class performers in their natural habitats. Habitat is the apposite word for Simon Keenlyside, who read zoology at Cambridge before focusing on his operatic career and who describes a love of nature as “the marrow” of his existence. He looks to music for its validation.
Poetry Review – LITANY OF A CARDIOLOGIST: Carla Scarano considers a tightly-focussed debut collection by poet and heart specialist Denise Bundred
Poetry review – GOLD TO GOLD: Merryn Williams gives a short but sincere appreciation of John Mole’s newest collection
Poetry review – AFTER-IMAGES: Sue Wallace-Shaddad reviews Antony Johae’s collection of poems and prose inspired by the films of Eric Rohmer
Poetry review – JAPANESE TOSA: Emma Lee is intrigued by Aldo Quagliotti’s collection which seems to make a virtue out of the fact that English is not the author’s first language
Poetry Review – PASSPORTS: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs finds that Tim Cunningham’s latest collection springs a few surprises
Poetry Review – THE WHIMSY OF DANK JU-JU: Emma Lee admires the controlled energy of Sascha Aurora Akhtar’s writing
Poetry review – EMPIRE OF EDEN: P.W. Bridgman takes an in-depth look at a collection by Tom Laichas which reimagines the Book of Genesis
Poetry review – A BARD’S VIEW: PAT EDWARDS enjoys the moving simplicity and honesty in a new collection by G CULSHAW
Poetry review – CUCKOO: Daniel Bennett reviews a densely populated and imaginative collection by Nichola Deane
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2020 0 • Tags: books, Daniel Bennett, poetry