Poetry review – HALF OTHER: Emma Storr admires an extraordinary account of the joys and sorrows of twinship by Peter Wallis
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Poetry review – GIFTS OF THE DARK: John Mole follows Simon Bowden on his journey through serious illness and toward recovery
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Poetry review – THE ATTENDING: Charles Rammelkamp finds Matthew Mumber’s poems about his experience as a physician amount almost to a guide to wise living
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Poetry review – 163 DAYS: Rennie Halstead reviews a remarkable collection by Hannah Hodgson which documents the progress of her critical illness
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Poetry review – BLOOD SUGAR, SEX, MAGIC: Stephen Claughton is convinced by the authenticity of Sarah James’s poems gathered around the experience of living with diabetes
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Poetry review – MIRROR, MIRROR: IN THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE HEAD: Alwyn Marriage looks squarely at Sam Smith’s uncompromising poems about mental health patients and those who care for them
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Poetry review – BY DEGREES: Carole Bromley is confident that David Tait’s pandemic poems will stand the test of time
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Poetry review – PANDORA’S PANDEMIC: Sue Wallace-Shaddad considers Alwyn Marriage’s honest but hopeful poetic account of life in a time of covid-19
Poetry review – MINDFUL: Neil Elder is shaken by John Weston’s pamphlet which is as much a social and political document as it is a sequence of poems
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