Roger Caldwell discerns a remarkable felicity of phrasing in Matthew Barton’s third collection.
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London Grip comments on recent poetry collections by Andy Green, Mandy Coe, Caroline Davies and Mo Gallaccio
Emma Lee reviews a prize-winning pamphlet by S A Leavesley
Thomas Ovans congratulates Ver Poets on their 50th birthday and on the anthology they have produced to celebrate it.
Nick Cooke surveys a collection by Michael Vince which spans ancient and modern worlds
Fiona Moore applauds Cristina Viti’s fine translation of Gezim Hajdari’s poems of exile
Dangerous Liaisons: Brian Docherty pursues an unreliable narrator through the latest collection by Matthew Caley
D A Prince welcomes a new collection of William Wootten’s ‘modernist, yet traditional’ poetry
Teoti Jardine finds Harvey Molloy’s new collection both accessible and inviting
Leah Fritz surveys a generous selection of poems by Stanley Moss and finds work that is surprising and sometimes shocking – but is always perfectly controlled
A substantial collection from Maitreyabandhu repays careful scrutiny, observes David Cooke
Fiona Sinclair considers a heavyweight collection from Michael Rosen and decides that it does not pull any political punches.
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, politics, society, year 2016 • Tags: books, Fiona Sinclair, poetry, politics, society