Poetry review – THE ALDERBANK WADE: Nick Cooke considers a Civil War ‘novel in verse’ by Alan Morrison
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Poetry review – RETURN TO SENDAI Nick Cooke takes an in-depth look at a major compilation of work by Peter Robinson
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
Nick Cooke follows Rachael Clyne on a poetic guided tour of her family relationships
Nick Cooke examines an ambitious biographical poem-sequence by Patricia McCarthy
Nick Cooke considers Ruth O’Callaghan’s ambitious poetic meditation on London’s immigrants
Nick Cooke relishes Stephen Bone’s poetic exploration of some darker aspects of botany
Nick Cooke finds that Angela Readman’s new collection lives up to the description given on the book jacket
Poetry review – LIES BLURRING HERE: Nick Cooke looks at a new collection by Adam Piette which is concerned both with the search for clarity and the avoidance of it
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