Poetry review – ONCE THERE WAS COLOUR: Pat Edwards is moved by Sue Wallace-Shaddad’s eye-witness poems about the crisis in Sudan
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Poetry review – IMMORTAL WRECKAGE: Colin Pink is impressed by the many resonances and references behind the poems in Will Stone’s collection
Poetry review – THE DANCING MAN: John Lucas admires the new collection by Adrian Caesar – albeit with the mildest of reservations
Poetry review- THE BUTTERFLY HOUSE: Merryn Williams admires the originality of thought and expression in this collection by the late Kathryn Bevis
The Complete Haiku of Basho. Review by Alan Price. Basho was the great poet “of lonesomeness as well as the desire to be alone. The dynamic interiority out of which many of these poems emerged has much to say to us.
Poetry review – LOVE THE ALBATROSS: Pat Edwards reflects on the importance of exploring painful situations as honestly as Deborah Harvey’s collection does
Poetry review – SHE GOES TO TOWN: Kimberly K. Williams admires the multiple perspectives on this collection by Sandra Renew
Poetry review – AN O AN X: Sarah Mnatzaganian admires Maria Iaskova Bennett’s skill at conjuring images
Poetry review – DAD vs DAD: Pat Edwards reviews Helen Mort’s moving sequence about illness and recovery
Poetry review – RUNNING OUT OF TIME: Nick Cooke appreciates the reflective and reminiscent mood of Seán Street’s latest collection
Poetry review – CORMORANT: John Forth finds that Elizabeth Parker’s poems move adroitly between different forms and tones to handle both reality and myth
Poetry Review – MAHOGANY EVE: Pam Thompson admires the vividness of detail in this poetic memoir by Alan Payne
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