Poetry review – UNDER THE LIPPY Jennifer Johnson finds Angelena Demaria’s poetry to be both important and memorable
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Poetry review – PADRE TIERRA Charles Rammelkamp reviews Mariano Zaro’s poetic exploration of a complex parental relationship
Poetry review – LONDON PASTORAL Colin Pink likes the conversational tone of Maggie Wadey’s well-observed poems situated in urban green spaces
Poetry review – RETURN TO SENDAI Nick Cooke takes an in-depth look at a major compilation of work by Peter Robinson
THE LITERARY BUSINESS Paul McDonald enjoys Peter Finch’s lively and insightful account of more than half a century experiencing the vagaries of life as a writer and literary administrator
Poetry review – LOBE Sarah Leavesley admires both the variety and the connectedness on show in Cia Mangat’s chapbook
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
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 – TOYS / TRICKS / TRAPS James Roderick Burns admires Christopher Reid’s tightly focussed examination of childhood
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2026 • Tags: books, James Roderick Burns, poetry