CONTRAFLOW: Paul McDonald finds some surprises in a new and unusual anthology of English poetry from the last hundred years
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Poetry review – TORMENTIL: Paul McDonald marvels that a tiny yellow flower has inspired so much fine poetry from Ian Humphreys
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Poetry review – EARTH HOUSE: Paul McDonald admires Matthew Hollis’s new collection of poems exploring place and time
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A reviewer reviewed: Paul McDonald browses a selection of essays by D J Taylor compiled under the title CRITIC AT LARGE
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Poetry review – JOURNEYS ACROSS BREATH: Paul McDonald hopes that this collection of earlier poems by Stephen Watts will get the attention it deserves
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Poetry Review – TOUCHED: Paul McDonald finds Ian Marriott’s poetry both reflective and attentive to the natural world
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Poetry review – FAREWELL PERFORMANCE: Paul McDonald looks back with pleasure on the collected later poems of Vernon Scannell
Poetry review – OLD MEN: Paul McDonald finds plenty of verve and imagination as well as mature reflection in the latest collection by Peter Daniels
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