Poetry review – AUSCULTATION : Kate Ashton is moved by the honest emotions revealed in Ilse Pedler’s poetry
Kate Ashton
Poetry review – KARAOKE KING: Kate Ashton admires the range and complexity of Dai George’s new collection
NEVER HIT A WOMAN, EVEN WITH A FLOWER … Kate Ashton takes a close look at recent collections by Sasha Dugdale and Patricia McCarthy and considers how well they respond to the serious issues they address
Poetry review – SIGNALS TO THE DISAPPEARING SHORE: Kate Ashton is moved and impressed by these poems in which Aidan Semmens confronts dark episodes in world history, both past and present
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