Poetry review – FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT: Thomas Ovans admires Alwyn Marriage’s sequence of ekphrastic poems based on Christian artworks
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DON’T FORGET WE’RE HERE FOREVER: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs admires Lamorna Ash’s honest account of a spiritual exploration.
A GUIDE TO GETTING YOUR POETRY PUBLISHED: Thomas Ovans reviews a comprehensive instruction manual for new poets by Robin Houghton and notes that it can also be a useful refresher course for old hands
Poetry review – LOOSESTRIFE FOR PORCUPINES: Charles Rammelkamp admires a well-observed new collection by D. M. Gordon
Poetry review – DIS(ILLUSION): Ian Pople explores the complexities of Mario Martín Gijón’s distinctive poetic style
Poetry review – THE LAST CORINTHIANS: Emma Storr is glad to find that Matthew Paul’s poems of personal reminiscence are welcoming and inclusive for the general reader
HERE’S WHERE WE GET OFF: Charles Rammelkamp reviews a collection of microfictions by Guy Biederman
Poetry review – TRANSITIONS: Norbert Hirschhorn responds to Marilyn Hacker’s new collection by reflecting on the sonnet form that she handles so very well
Poetry review – A GRAIN OF TRUTH : Colin Carberry admires Celia de Freine’s bilingual collection exploring the plight of the disadvantaged and marginalised
Poetry review – NO MORE ANIMAL POEMS: Oz Hardwick relishes the ambiguity – both playful and ominous – in this imaginative collection by Marc Vincenz
Poetry review – THE LAST ONE PICKED: D A Prince recognizes how far Stuart Handysides has developed his craft and experience before producing a first collection
No Ghosts. Review by Barbara Lewis. Something is so wrong with contemporary life that even the ghosts have stopped haunting it – and yet “No Ghosts” is not so much about the supernatural, or the lack of it, as about the intensely emotional nature of human friendship in early adulthood.
By Barbara Lewis • books, fiction, year 2026 • Tags: Barbara Lewis, books, fiction