Poetry review – SAFE GROUND: Jennifer Johnson accompanies Rosie Johnston through some poetic reflections on past experiences
year 2025
Poetry review – THE LEFT-HANDED SNIPER: John Forth commends Alan Dixon’s ability to be outrageously funny while never losing sight of the possible presence of tragedy
Poetry review – FOXGLOVEWISE: Colin Pink admires the technical expertise behind Ange Mlinko’s imaginative and evocative poems
Poetry review – CONSTRUCTING A WITCH: Nick Cooke is impressed by Helen Ivory’s energetic and zealously defiant poems
Poetry review – OKAPI: Rosie Johnston considers Fiona Moore’s book-length poem of eloquent reflection on disorienting personal experience
Poetry review – CONTINUOUS PRESENT: Kate Noakes admires D A Prince’s imaginative celebrations of the average and the ordinary
* LONDON GRIP NEW POETRY #58 – WINTER 2025 features poems by: *Michael Carrino *James Croal Jackson *David Lewitzky *John Grey *Anne Eyries *Merryn Williams *Andrew Shields *John Whitehouse *Jim Murdoch *Julie-Ann Rowell *Kathryn Southworth *Michael Loveday *Kathleen Bell *Jill Sharp *David Dumouriez *Michael Klimeš *Christine McNeill *Caleb Murdock *Pam Job *Solape Adetutu Adeyemi *Brian […]
Poetry review – LEGWORK: Nick Cooke reviews a multilayered new collection by Michael Vince
A HIGH CALLING: Paul McDonald enjoys discovering John Greening’s ideas on the how and why of writing poetry
Poetry review – FOR THE DURATION: Jim Greenhalf finds much to admire in a new collection by Nicholas Bielby
* LONDON GRIP NEW POETRY#57 – AUTUMN 2025 features poems by: * Alex Saynor * Myra Schneider *Stuart Pickford *Kenneth Pobo *Philip Dunkerley *S C Flynn *Tim Waller *Anne Ryland *Jenny Hockey *Anna Bowles *Pam Thompson *Glen Hunting *Maggie Freeman *Peter Daniels *Ger Duffy *Antony Mair *Mary Mulholland *Lesley Saunders *Judith Wozniak *Michael O’Brien *Prue King *Julia Vaughan *Thomas Ovans *Claudia Daventry *Louise Worthington *Tim Cunningham *Kathleen Gray *B. Anne Adriaens *Pat Marum *Lee Fraser *Tony Beyer *Anthony Wilson […]
Poetry review – SKAIL: Colin Pink feels the weight of Richie McCaffery’s perceptive but downbeat collection
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2025