A HIGH CALLING: Paul McDonald enjoys discovering John Greening’s ideas on the how and why of writing poetry
year 2025
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 […]
* LONDON GRIP NEW POETRY#56- SUMMER 2025 features poems by: *Sam Szanto *Joseph Blythe *Barbara Howerska *Ross Jackson *Rosie Jackson *Angela France *Norton Hodges *Tony Dawson *Jim Murdoch *Jeff Gallagher *Ceinwen Haydon *Lewis Wyn Davies *Peter Surkov *Pam Job *Michael Carrino *Alexis Deese-Smith *Ben Banyard *John Bartlett *Sue Wallace-Shaddad *Dan Burns *Pam Zinnemann-Hope *Graham Clifford *Philip Gross *Andrew Sclater *Phil Wood *Bridgette James *Sue Norton *Dan Janoff *Helen McSherry *Rebecca Gethin *Stephen Bone *Jeff Skinner *Cos Michael *Neil Douglas *Gareth Adams *Katharine James […]
* LONDON GRIP NEW POETRY #55 – SPRING 2025 features poems by: *Maggie Wadey *Stephen Komarnyckyj *Marilyn Ricci *Denise Bundred *Sam Szanto *Anne Bailey *Clare Starling *Lisa Kelly *Jennifer Johnson *John Whitehouse *Mark McDonnell *Dmitry Blizniuk *Tony D’Arpino *Glenn Hubbard *Nicki Heinen *Anne Eyries *Josh Ekroy *Wendy Klein *Paul Stephenson *Norton Hodges *Ruth Lexton *Caleb Murdock *Barbara Barnes *Sally St Clair *Amy Jo Philip *David Floyd *Alison Campbell *Leo Smyth *Dominic Fisher *George Freek *Leona Gom *Alicia France *Janet Hatherley *Stuart Handysides […]
Poetry review – ALIGHTING IN TIME: Alwyn Marriage explores and enjoys the distinctive language and worldview in Lynne Wycherley’s new collection
European forests essay. By Stephanie Sears. Europe’s closest ally may be its forests: ”A culture is no better than its woods.” W.H.Auden
Poetry review – THE LUCK: Alex Josephy admires the craft and quiet humour in Jane Routh’s poem’s celebrating the importance of the natural world
Poetry review – ALEPH BET: Wendy Klein admires the poetry that Sue Rose can extract from her study of the Hebrew alphabet
Poetry Review – COMPASS LIGHT: Stuart Henson looks into the spiritual and temporal depths of a new collection by Hilary Davies
Quarantaine. Review by Barbara Lewis. Flanders in its golden age produced the painters Van Eyck and Memling. Around six centuries on, the work of Belgian conceptual artist Honoré δ’O, at first sight bears no relation to his aesthetic forebears.
Poetry review – LEGWORK: Nick Cooke reviews a multilayered new collection by Michael Vince
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2025