James Roderick Burns

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 sees Tania Hershman’s debut collection as an exploration of uncertainty.

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

James Roderick Burns raises some questions of balance in relation to Susan Utting’s recent ‘New & Selected’

James Roderick Burns looks for vital signs in an anthology of medical poems