Poetry review – SONG OF THE YELLOW ASTERS Charles Rammelkamp reviews a moving and important posthumous collection by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger, translated from the German by Carlie Hoffman
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The Goldfinch, Birds, Art and Us. review by Barbara Lewis. Following a fit of remorse after a poor sparrow was killed because she caused 3.5 million dominoes that had been lined up for World Domino Day to topple over, the “Domino Sparrow”, minus the wing that was shot off, is immortalised and on display in the National History Museum in Rotterdam.
Poetry review – ETHNOLOGY Ian Pople explores the complexities of Cathy Galvin’s poems about people and place
Poetry Review – OBJECT PERMANENCE D A Prince admires the perceptive insights that Anne Berkeley uses and explains in this collection of well-observed poems
Poetry review – WILD BOAR Pat Edwards explores the world conjured and vividly conveyed by Jenny Hope’s poems
Poetry Review – WHEREOF: Jennifer Johnson discovers what she thinks about the philosophical poetry of Christopher Norris
Poetry review – SCREEN MEMORIES: Charles Rammelkamp considers Henry Sussman’s poetic account of his lifelong love of cinema
RECKONINGS: Charles Rammelkamp considers a collection of witheringly satirical essays by Thomas Farber
Poetry review – LANDSCAPE WITH MINES: Peter Ualrig Kennedy is moved by the strength and immediacy of Anna Bowles’ poetry in this impressive pamphlet.
Poetry review –of an octopus: an archite|x|tural awareness of words: Charles Rammelkamp reviews an intriguing new collection by Diane Sahms
Poetry Review – MEETING PLACES: Antony Johae reviews a recent collection by Sally Festing
Poetry review – LOBE Sarah Leavesley admires both the variety and the connectedness on show in Cia Mangat’s chapbook
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2026 • Tags: books, poetry, Sarah Leavesley