Poetry review – LOSS AND ITS ANTONYM: Charles Rammelkamp admires Alison Prine’s poetry about grief and love
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Poetry review – THIS IS YOU, DEAR STRANGER: Pat Edwards finds a striking use of form and language plus a depth of emotional intelligence in these complex poems by Paula Jennings
Poetry review – BETWEEN CHANCE AND MERCY: Kimberly K. Williams reviews an uncompromising state-of-the-nation collection by James E. Cherry
Poetry review – IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS: James Roderick Burns finds present day relevance in a collection of poems based on Old Testament verses
HARDY WOMEN: MOTHER, SISTERS, WIVES, MUSES: Kevin Saving reviews Paula Byrne’s extensive examination of significant women in Thomas Hardy’s life
Poetry review – MUSIC, AWAKE HER: Edmund Prestwich admires both musicality and mutually illuminating images in a new collection by Martha Kapos
Poetry review – SHIFTING SANDS: Chris Hardy enjoys the way that Anne Symons explores the human element in some familiar and unfamiliar stories
Poetry review – WAYS TO SAY WE’RE NOT ALONE: Louise Warren enjoys Simon Alderwick’s distinctive and original imagination and use of language
Poetry review – THE DEPARTURE SONATAS: Charles Rammelkamp finds Wade Stevenson’s approach to mortality to be both lyrical and wise
Poetry review – HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: A first collection by Chris Bullock is enlivened by some sharp and surprising insights
Poetry Review –KNEE TO KNEE: Amelia Walker reviews collaborative poetry by Rachel Goodman & Elvire Roberts
Poetry review – POND: Michael Brown considers Sarah Westcott’s inventive use of language for engaging with the natural world
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2024 • Tags: books, Michael Brown, poetry