Poetry review – SMOKING OPIUM IN MOSCOW: James Roderick Burns admires Roger Caldwell’s use of poetry to delineate and then demolish a number of illusions cherished by western culture
James Roderick Burns
Poetry Review – SLEEPER: James Roderick Burns finds that Jo Colley’s new collection is very appropriate for the current difficult times
Poetry review – Out of the Blue: James Roderick Burns is struck by the unusual coherence of this volume of selected poems by Wendy Klein
James Roderick Burns finds a way through the more unusual aspects of a collection by Elisa Matvejeva
James Roderick Burns is moved by a thoughtfully chosen selection of Joan Ure’s defiant poetry
James Roderick Burns considers a new collection by Gale Burns and wonders if it is possible for poets to set themselves too high a standard
James Roderick Burns enjoys Judi Sutherland’s disciplined and penetrating poems
James Roderick Burns appreciates the way Phil Kirby handles darker aspects of life with honesty but without excluding hope
James Roderick Burns finds that Angela Topping’s poetry exercises a powerful force upon the reader
James Roderick Burns has no doubts about the importance of Mayakovsky’s epic poem about Lenin in a new Smokestack edition by Rosy Carrick
James Roderick Burns sees Tania Hershman’s debut collection as an exploration of uncertainty.
Poetry review – STREET LIGHT AMBER: James Roderick Burns admires the way that Noel Duffy weaves atmospheric urban poetry around the story of a troubled relationship
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2021 • Tags: books, James Roderick Burns, poetry