Richie McCaffery admires the honesty and masterly simplicity of poems by James Aitchison.
John Forth praises a poetry anthology which rises to the challenge of saying something original about birds
Merryn Williams is impressed by Chris Considine’s poetry of self-sufficiency on a small island
Graham Hardie finds that the poems of Robert Wells offer some pleasing insights.
Michael Loveday gets to grips with the uncertainties and instabilities underlying a new collection from Patricia Debney
Roger Caldwell observes that James Norcliffe makes poetry look deceptively easy
Peter Ulric Kennedy critiques Derrick Buttress’ idiosyncratic poems
James Roderick Burns looks for vital signs in an anthology of medical poems
Bernard Green has already given London Grip readers his memoir of Alf’s CafĂ©: here now is his “prequel” about dramatic incidents in Farnham in the 1940s…
Joan Michelson picks her way through a few flower poems by Peter Phillips
Graham Hardie responds positively to the reflective and nostalgic poetry of Lynda Plater
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2016 • Tags: books, Emma Lee, poetry • 0 Comments
Emma Lee observes how the poetry of Isabel Bermudez deals with subtle connections