Poetry review – A DRESS WITH DEEP POCKETS: Pat Edwards enjoys a slim but companionable collection by Jen Feroze
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Poetry review – EURYDICE IN THE RUINED HOUSE: Pat Edwards commends Anna Saunders’ use of Greek myth to illuminate contemporary situations
Poetry review – VANISHING POINT: Pat Edwards sees Colin Bancroft’s poems as a travel guide and the poet himself as a travelling companion
Poetry review – BREAKING A MARE: Pat Edwards explores the many metaphors in Christina Thatcher’s poems on equine themes
Poetry review – BATHING ON THE ROOF: Pat Edwards considers how Tracey Rhys looks at feminist issues through the medium of water
Poetry review – I SING TO THE GREENHEARTS: Pat Edwards enjoys novel and surprising viewpoints in the new collection by Maggie Harris
Poetry review – THE BRIDGE: Pat Edwards admires a collection by Jane Salmons in which the poems seek to make connections with readers’ own experiences
Poetry review – THE ADJUSTMENTS: Pat Edwards finds craft and imagination in Claire Dyer’s new collection
Poetry review – ONCE THERE WAS COLOUR: Pat Edwards is moved by Sue Wallace-Shaddad’s eye-witness poems about the crisis in Sudan
Poetry review – LOVE THE ALBATROSS: Pat Edwards reflects on the importance of exploring painful situations as honestly as Deborah Harvey’s collection does
Poetry review – DAD vs DAD: Pat Edwards reviews Helen Mort’s moving sequence about illness and recovery
Poetry review – UNSUNG: Pat Edwards admires Emma Purshouse’s skill in making poems from the stuff of everyday life
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2025 • Tags: books, Pat Edwards, poetry