Poetry review – CROSSING THE HINGE : Nick Cooke praises Mandy Pannett for scrupulously avoiding dishonesty and self-deception in her poems about the challenges facing our world
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Poetry review – DREAM LOGIC: Vanessa Napolitano is enthusiastic about a debut collection from Satya Bosman
Poetry review – PLYMBRIDGE: D A Prince reviews a collection by Anthony Wilson which draws together memories from different times, making some sometimes surprising connections
Poetry review – TIGRESS WITH WINGS: Sue Wallace-Shaddad is impressed by Rupinder Kaur Waraich’s vivid poems on growing up within Indian culture
Poetry review – LIES BLURRING HERE: Nick Cooke looks at a new collection by Adam Piette which is concerned both with the search for clarity and the avoidance of it
Poetry review – AS GRASS BECOMES FLESH: Colin Carberry explores the complex poetic world conjured by Michael Lee Rattigan’s imagination
Poetry review – TRACKS IN SNOW: Charles Rammelkamp sees past the superficial assessment that Thaddeus Rutkowski’s poems are light and understated
DIABOLICALLY GOOD: Charles Rammelkamp enjoys Drew Pisarra’s imaginative exploration of the movie career and afterlife of horror icon Vincent Price
Poetry review – RUST CANYON: Alex Josephy considers Lauren Mason’s highly effective eco-poetry which uses a particular story to alert readers to the wider dangers facing our planet
Poetry review – THE KAMA SUTRA FOR SENIOR CITIZENS: Peter Daniels admires a collection by Zack Rogow which brings wit and generosity to matters which, sooner or later, will be of concern to us all
WIVES AND WOMEN: Dale Scherfling reflects on Ernest Hemingway’s life through the women who helped shape it — seeing them not as supporting characters, but as individuals
Poetry review – SIGNALS TO THE DISAPPEARING SHORE: Kate Ashton is moved and impressed by these poems in which Aidan Semmens confronts dark episodes in world history, both past and present
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, history, poetry reviews, politics, year 2026 • Tags: books, history, Kate Ashton, poetry, politics