* 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 – SOME DISTANT PIN OF LIGHT: Peter Mladinic finds wonder and mystery in this collection by Francine Witte
Poetry review – ABOVE THE TREELINE: Chris Beckett feels welcomed into this well-crafted and multilayered collection by Nora Hughes
Poetry review – THINGS WE LEAVE BEHIND and MEN OF THE SAME NAME: Ian Pople reviews new collections by Josephine Balmer and Evan Jones
Poetry review – BACKLIT: Charles Rammelkamp reviews a prize-winning collection by Liz Robbins which explores the emotions and fears behind the anonymity of sex-workers
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 – A HISTORY OF WESTERN MUSIC: Rosie Johnston is impressed by August Kleinzahler’s skill at conveying the experience of listening to music
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 […]
Gerry & Sewell. Review by Barbara Lewis. Gerry and Sewell are two friends who have little beyond their loyalty to each other and to their team: Newcastle United. Their one dream is to have the money to buy a season ticket.
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