Poetry review – CHOSEN GROUND: Colin Pink follows the twists and turns in this collection by Christopher M James and finds some surprising insights
year 2025
REMEMBERING DONALD ATKINSON: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs reflects on the relatively short career of a very original poet and adds some personal memories.
JOHN LUCAS ONLINE: London Grip draws attention to a small cache of rather precious material … which has proved to be even more important than we first realised
Poetry review – FIFTY POEMS: Ian Pople considers some new translations of Rainer Maria Rilke’s poetry by Geoffrey Lehmann
Poetry review – COLLECTED LONGER POEMS: Jennifer Johnson dips into a substantial body of work by Anthony Howell
Poetry review – BRIDGING TIME 1944-2024: Thomas Ovans is moved and intrigued by Patricia Townsend’s sonnet sequence incorporating and responding to wartime letters from her father.
Poetry review – ENDLESS FORMS MOST BEAUTIFUL: Thomas Ovans dips into Norbert Hirschhorn’s new selection of prose-poems and finds that come in a wide range of forms and flavours
Poetry review – HAVING HER CAKE: JenniferJohnson admires Wendy Klein’s collection for its bold and sensitive treatment of assisted dying
A PHYSICAL EDUCATION: John Lucas considers Jonathan Taylor’s perceptive and accessible discussion of the causes and consequences of authorised cruelty in schools and beyond
LONDON GRIP DATA LOSS – OUR RESCUE PLAN SO FAR Following a failed software update at our web hosting company, all items posted on London Grip since Autumn 2023 have been lost. However we will try to repair as much as we can. NOW READ ON …
* 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 – THE TWICE-TURNED EARTH: Mat Riches welcomes another (and possibly overdue) pamphlet from Siegfried Baber
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2025