* THE AUTUMN 2013 ISSUE OF LONDON GRIP NEW POETRY features poems by: *Rodney Wood *F.M.Brown *Rik Wilkinson *Sissy Buckles *Robert Etty *Antony Johae *Ruth Bidgood *Elizabeth Smither *Elizabeth Barrett *Sonam Chhoki *Deborah Tyler-Bennett *Shadwell Smith *Jonathan Taylor *Bruce Christianson *Robert Peake *Robert Nisbet *Pam Job
Michael Bartholomew-Biggs does his best to give an adequate appreciation of a dense, complex and rewarding collection.
Norbert Hirschhorn reflects on a poetry and prose memoir that gives an inside view of the National Health Service at a time when it may be about to change forever.
Merryn Williams is impressed by the frankness and defiant spirit of Fiona Sinclair’s new collection
In her latest collection, Waiting for Bluebeard, Helen Ivory invites her readers into a world where fantasy can sometimes become disturbingly real.
* THE SUMMER 2013 ISSUE OF LONDON GRIP NEW POETRY features poems by: *Ian C Smith *Frank C Praeger *Phil Wood *Laurie Johnston *Martin Noutch *Thomas Ovans *Seth Crook *Judith Wolton *Wendy Klein *Peter Branson *Ann Vaughan-Williams *D M Aderibigbe *Emma Lee *Robert Nisbet *R D McManes *Jeff Bell *Paul Richards
Norbert Hirschhorn finds much to think about and admire in Dannie Abse’s new collection
New chapbooks by Fiona Moore and Chrissy Williams make favourable impressions on Thomas Ovans
Kerrin P Sharpe’s new collection receives warm approval from Norbert Hirschhorn.
Michael Bartholomew-Biggs enjoys an amusing (and sometimes tender) poetic “biography” by Peter Phillips
Translating Against the Odds: Wendy Klein discusses Yvonne Green’s new versions of Semyon Lipkin’s poetry
Robert Nisbet admires a strong and deeply touching collection by Sue Millard
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, poetry-archive