Poetry review – HAVING HER CAKE: JenniferJohnson admires Wendy Klein’s collection for its bold and sensitive treatment of assisted dying
Poetry review – BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER: This collection by Tristram Fane Saunders tackles serious matters seriously but with a pleasingly light touch Before We Go Any Further Tristram Fane Saunders Carcanet ISBN: 9781800173255 80pp £12.99
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
* THE WINTER 2023 ISSUE OF LONDON GRIP NEW POETRY features: *Teoti Jardine *Anne Berkeley *Alison Campbell *Mary Mulholland *Greg Smith *Jennifer M Phillips *Jack Houston *Roisin Tierney *Tim Love *Zack Rogow * Kurt Luchs *John Tustin *Norton Hodges *Glenn Hubbard *Michael Mintrom *Matthew Paul *Glen Hunting *Philip Dunkerley *Oleg Semonov *Tim Cunningham *Tony Beyer *Pam Job *Briege Duffaud *Julia Duke *Rosemary Norman *Oliver Comins *Caleb Murdock *Paul Stephenson *Stuart Pickford *Rennie Halstead *Bridgette James *Gordon Scapens *Jayne Stanton *Deborah […]
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* 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 – WHO KILLED MARTA UGARTE?: Charles Rammelkamp considers a graphic account of the horrors of the Pinochet regime as rendered into poetry by Jeanne-Marie Osterman
Poetry review – AFTER THE MIRACLE: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs admires the clarity and the intensity of Richard Meier’s poems
Poetry review – THE FIELD IN WINTER: Jean Atkin offers a few well-chosen words of praise for David Clarke’s latest collection
Poetry review – TO 2040: Roger Caldwell considers the sometimes-enigmatic poetry of Jorie Graham
* THE AUTUMN 2023 ISSUE OF LONDON GRIP NEW POETRY features: *Bill Richardson *Denise O’Hagan *Charles G Lauder *Julia Deakin *Tina Norris *Deborah Harvey *Pam Job *Laura Grevel *Ping Yi *Jacob Mckibbin * James Norcliffe *Caleb Murdock *Fred Johnston *Norbert Hirschhorn *Hannah Linden *Tim Relf *Sue Dymoke *John Freeman *Rosemary Norman *Stuart Handysides *Janice D […]
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
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2025