Poetry review – SELECTED POEMS: Paul McDonald enjoys a well-chosen and well-arranged selection of Maurice Riordan’s work
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Poetry review – WISH: Paul McDonald appreciates the directness and persistent optimism of Maggie Brookes-Butt’s well-crafted poems
Poetry review – BELIEF SYSTEMS: Paul McDonald praises Tamar Yoseloff’s new collection of ekphrastic poetry for its imagination and inventiveness
Poetry review – OLD MEN: Paul McDonald finds plenty of verve and imagination as well as mature reflection in the latest collection by Peter Daniels
CONTRAFLOW: Paul McDonald finds some surprises in a new and unusual anthology of English poetry from the last hundred years
Poetry review – TORMENTIL: Paul McDonald marvels that a tiny yellow flower has inspired so much fine poetry from Ian Humphreys
Poetry review – EARTH HOUSE: Paul McDonald admires Matthew Hollis’s new collection of poems exploring place and time
A reviewer reviewed: Paul McDonald browses a selection of essays by D J Taylor compiled under the title CRITIC AT LARGE
Poetry review – JOURNEYS ACROSS BREATH: Paul McDonald hopes that this collection of earlier poems by Stephen Watts will get the attention it deserves
Poetry Review – TOUCHED: Paul McDonald finds Ian Marriott’s poetry both reflective and attentive to the natural world
Paul McDonald reviews Seren’s new two-volume edition of Peter Finch’s Collected Poems
A HIGH CALLING: Paul McDonald enjoys an intriguing mix of poems, literary history, critical analysis and autobiography which John Greening uses to explore the motivations of a poet
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, literature, poetry, year 2025 • Tags: books, literature, Paul McDonald, poetry