Peter Ualrig Kennedy recommends an epic and heartbreaking poem, beautifully translated from the Dutch of Guus Luijters
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Leah Fritz offers a very personal response to a final compilation of writings by Günter Grass
David Cooke commends the ability of Iraqi poet Fawzi Karim both to reflect and to transcend his own circumstances
Kate Noakes relishes a short sequence by Maitreyabandhu which combines nature writing and memoir
Merryn Williams discovers that Anne Stewart’s poems about bereavement succeed on several levels
Jeremy Wikeley eventually comes to terms with the unconventional poetry of James Davies
Mat Riches assesses the success of Greg Gilbert’s attempts to make poetry out of his experience of serious illness
Stephen Claughton is transported by Wendy Holborow’s atmospheric poems from India and Africa
Adele Ward praises Robert Peake’s highly personal collection for both skill and emotional authenticity
Adele Ward admires the skill with which Kate Davis’s complex debut collection has been put together
Neil Fulwood recognises David Cooke’s poetic virtues of straight talk and lucidity
Emma Lee picks her way through a narrative sequence by Math Jones about untangling life’s complexities
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2019 0 • Tags: books, Emma Lee, poetry