REMEMBERING DONALD ATKINSON: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs reflects on the relatively short career of a very original poet and adds some personal memories.
year 2025
* ISSUE 55 OF LONDON GRIP NEW POETRY 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 […]
Poetry review: Merryn Williams looks at recent collections by Paul Binding, Rennie Parker and Andrew Sant
Poetry review – exposure: Nick Cooke is impressed by this debut chapbook from Eric Yip
Poetry review – THE SHORES OF VAIKUS: Stuart Henson is captivated by this myth-like sequence of sometimes cruel, sometimes enchanting prose-poems by Philip Gross
Poetry review – A RAVEN ON A WRITING DESK: D A Prince finds an intriguing mix of both rich and pared-back language in Julie Hogg’s collection
THE MOON LOOKS ON THEM ALL: Angela Topping browses a collection of essays by John Lucas on the subject of friends and friendship
Poetry review – DEAR LIFE: Jennifer Johnson admires the broad and compassionate scope of a major collection by Shanta Acharya
The Marriage of Figaro. Review by Julia Pascal. In The Marriage of Figaro, director Joe Hill-Gibbins sets the comic opera in a contemporary décor which pulls the 18th century critique of misogyny into our own time.
Poetry review – OCTOPUS MIND: Kate Noakes finds Rachel Carney’s examination of dyspraxia to be both perceptive and precise.
BREATH AND SHADOW: Charles Rammelkamp enjoys a collection of short-short stories by Robert Scotellaro and Meg Pokrass
Poetry review – POISON: Jennifer Johnson admires the originality of Louise Warren’s latest chapbook
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2025 • Tags: books, Jennifer Johnson, poetry