NEVER HIT A WOMAN, EVEN WITH A FLOWER … Kate Ashton takes a close look at recent collections by Sasha Dugdale and Patricia McCarthy and considers how well they respond to the serious issues they address
Poetry review – GALLOPING HORSES: In spite of some of its difficult themes, Rennie Halstead finds that Setareh Ebrahimi’s first collection repays re-reading and reflection
Poetry review – THE LEADING QUESTION: John Williams admires Roger Elkin’s skill at making poetry from tragic events.
Poetry Review – WHAT IF?: Maxine Linnell gets to know June Hall through the honesty of her poetry
An “absurdly normal” love story and it admits the appalling truth that all love stories, not just the high romance of Romeo and Juliet, are essentially tragic: they end in loss and when Alzheimer’s strikes, the cruelty is exaggerated because a once charismatic personality disintegrates.
Poetry review – COPING STONES: Stephen Claughton enjoys some adroit wordplay and wit in Richie McCaffery’s new collection
Poetry review – IN CHARGE OF THE GUN: David Mitchell is intrigued by Graham Clifford’s poetic response to the strange times we live in
A study of political murders that destroyed Gladstone’s efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Irish problem.
Poetry review – SOMETHING SO WILD AND NEW IN THIS FEELING: Pam Thompson is impressed by Sarah Doyle’s original poems drawn from the writings of Dorothy Wordsworth
Poetry review – A NORTHUMBRIAN BOOK OF HOURS: Alex Josephy explores Neil Curry’s meditative prose-poems about St Cuthbert
* The Summer 2021 issue of London Grip New Poetry features *Angela Kirby *Ian C Smith *Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana * Denise Bundred *Deborah Tyler-Bennett *Pam Job *Tess Jolly *Ilse Pedler *Joan Michelson * Jacqueline Schaalje * Lisa Reily *Gordon Wood *Jennifer Rogers *Dino Mahoney *Kerrin P Sharpe *Judith Wozniak *Anne Ballard *Melanie Branton *Paul Stephenson *Mark […]
Both artists celebrate the regenerative forces of nature to which we have been sensitised by months of lockdown and both exhibitions are a joyful celebration of a cautious reopening after a period of painful reflection.
By Barbara Lewis • art, exhibitions, painting, photography, sculpture, year 2021 • Tags: art, Barbara Lewis, exhibitions, painting, photography, sculpture