London Grip Poetry Review – Topping
James Roderick Burns finds that Angela Topping’s poetry exercises a powerful force upon the reader
James Roderick Burns
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin – a poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky
James Roderick Burns has no doubts about the importance of Mayakovsky’s epic poem about Lenin in a new Smokestack edition by Rosy Carrick
London Grip Poetry Review – Hershman
James Roderick Burns sees Tania Hershman’s debut collection as an exploration of uncertainty.
Fifty Ways to Fly
James Roderick Burns reflects on the multiple goals a poetry anthology editor has to aim for – and considers that Alison Hill has done pretty well with her selection of flying-related poems
London Grip Poetry Review – Utting
James Roderick Burns raises some questions of balance in relation to Susan Utting’s recent ‘New & Selected’
London Grip Poetry Review – Paine
James Roderick Burns finds Geraldine Paine’s new narrative collection to be a timely reminder of traditional poetic virtues
London Grip Poetry Review – Crowley
James Roderick Burns notes that Michael Crowley has taken some risks in order to negotiate a way through conflicting themes and historical viewpoints in his new collection
The Hippocrates Prize Anthology 2016
James Roderick Burns looks for vital signs in an anthology of medical poems
London Grip Poetry Review – Phil Kirby
James Roderick Burns appreciates the way Phil Kirby handles darker aspects of life with honesty but without excluding hope