John Godfrey’s poems are often concerned with how things work: but the poems themselves work very well
* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: * Maggie Freeman *Mary Franklin *Marisa Cappetta *Helen Burke *James Norcliffe *Claire Crowther * Keith Nunes *Ceinwen E Cariad Haydon*Hatty Calbus *Tess Jolly * Stuart Handysides *Abegail Morley * Carla Scarano *Stuart Pickford * Brian Docherty * Bethany W Pope * Arthur Russell *Nicholas Lyon […]
Emma Lee describes Roy McFarlane’s new collection as an important book from a compassionate poet.
Wendy French admires Dino Mahoney’s poems for their empathy and breadth of understanding
Carla Scarano appreciates Tom Weir’s treatment of uncertainty in his new collection
Neil Fulwood compliments Deborah Alma for a collection which rolls up its sleeves and gets down to business
Wendy Klein finds rich imagery and a restless search for meaning in Myra Schneider’s ambitious tenth collection
David Cooke is engaged by Zaffar Kunial’s poetic exploration of his own identity
Alex Josephy discusses a passionate and thought-provoking collection from Lynne Wycherley
Tolstoy’s great, complex, genre-busting sprawl “War and Peace” is about many things, including Russian nationalism to the extent that when Hitler attacked the Soviet Union in 1941, Stalin reached for the work to promote a patriotic defence of the Motherland.
D A Prince reflects upon the complexities explored in David Tait’s second full collection
Merryn Williams gives a concise appreciation of a prizewinning chapbook by Christopher North which contains several prizewinning poems.
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2018 • Tags: books, Merryn Williams, poetry