Poetry review – IN THE LILY ROOM: Nick Cooke admires Erica Hesketh’s collection about motherhood not only for being accomplished and moving but also for its broad appeal across gender boundaries In The Lily Room Erica Hesketh Nine Arches Press ISBN 978-1-916760-16-5 pp 90 £11.99 A meticulous account of childbirth and what […]
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Poetry review – CELL: Nick Cooke takes a serious look at the very serious themes addressed in a powerful new collection by Ruth O’Callaghan
Poetry review – LEAVES BORROWED FROM HUMAN FLESH: Nick Cooke admires Abigail Ardelle Zammit’s forthright poetry, fierce in its commitment to justice
Poetry review – CONSTRUCTING A WITCH: Nick Cooke is impressed by Helen Ivory’s energetic and zealously defiant poems
Poetry review – exposure: Nick Cooke is impressed by this debut chapbook from Eric Yip
Poetry review – THE NEW HERBAL: Nick Cooke finds a way through the complex poems in Fran Lock’s latest pamphlet
Poetry review – RUNNING OUT OF TIME: Nick Cooke appreciates the reflective and reminiscent mood of Seán Street’s latest collection
Poetry review – FRESH OUT OF THE SKY: Nick Cooke finds assured and versatile poetic craft in the latest collection by George Szirtes
Poetry review – THE DAEDALUS FILES: Nick Cooke examines Mandy Pannett’s new collection which is based upon Greek myth
Poetry review – Cargo of Limbs: Nick Cooke considers a powerful chapbook by Martyn Crucefix which focusses on the plight of refugees
Nick Cooke finds honesty and authenticity in a debut collection by Ian Humphreys
Poetry review – LEGWORK: Nick Cooke finds much that is rewarding and moving within the dense language of Michael Vince’s poems
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