A London Grip serial story for Christmas
Michael Bartholomew-Biggs
* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: *Bethany W Pope *Maggie Butt *Ruth Bidgood *Helen Kay *Keith Nunes *Robert Ford *Deborah Tyler-Bennett *Stuart Pickford *Sue Burge *Kerrin P Sharpe *Pam Thompson *Jean Atkin *Bruce Christianson *Jan Hutchison *Phil Kirby *Stuart Henson *Ben Banyard *Gareth Culshaw *Barry Smith *Mary Franklin *Laura McKee *Carla […]
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • new poetry, poetry, year 2017 3 • Tags: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, poetry
Motherhood is one of the themes in Clare Pollard’s new collection; but the book also broadens out into forceful and compassionate poems about the sorrows of the world into which our children are born.
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2017 1 • Tags: books, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, poetry
London Grip readers may remember Bernard Green’s previous reminiscences about his early life on the Surrey-Hampshire border. Here he returns with a new recollection – this time couched in verse…
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • food, history, society, year 2017 0 • Tags: food, history, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, society
A temporary installation in Bloomsbury Square is a powerful reminder of the work of exiled Russian poets in the last century
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • installations, poetry, politics, year 2017 0 • Tags: installations, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, poetry, politics
A new novel by John Lucas looks back in search of explanations for two sudden deaths occurring in an English village just after World War Two
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, fiction, year 2017 0 • Tags: books, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs
Ian McEwen’s unorthodox verse forms also employ some traditional poetic skills
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2017 0 • Tags: books, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, poetry
* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: * Margarita Serafimova *Nod Ghosh *James Aitchison *Jim C Wilson *Andrew James *George Tardios * Leni Dipple *Beth McDonough *Sally Long *Caroline Natzler * Kevin Casey *Murray Bodo * Edward Lee * Antony Johae * Sanjeev Sethi *Chris Beckett * Angela Kirby * Kevin Cahill * Keith […]
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • new poetry, poetry, year 2017 1 • Tags: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, poetry
London Grip reviews four recent poetry pamphlets from Rack Press
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2017 0 • Tags: books, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, poetry
* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: *Phil Kirby *Tracey Peterson *Abegail Morley *Natalie Crick *Geoffrey Winch *S W James * Sue Rose *Tom Phillips *Mark Totterdell *Tristan Moss *Thomas Ovans * Gareth Culshaw *Patri Wright * Elizabeth Smither * Alice Major * Colin Crewdson *Mary Franklin * Jack Little * Stuart […]
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • new poetry, poetry, year 2017 0 • Tags: books, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, poetry
Michael Bartholomew-Biggs dips into a collection of ‘lost’ ekphrastic poems by R S Thomas
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • art, authors, books, poetry reviews, year 2017 0 • Tags: art, books, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, poetry
Continuing the London Grip serial story for Christmas
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • fiction, year 2017 0 • Tags: fiction, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs