. Poetry review – LILITH SPEAKS: Pam Thompson admires a short collection by Clare Proctor which manages to shift through many situations
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* LONDON GRIP NEW POETRY #58 – WINTER 2025 features poems by: *Michael Carrino *James Croal Jackson *David Lewitzky *John Grey *Anne Eyries *Merryn Williams *Andrew Shields *John Whitehouse *Jim Murdoch *Julie-Ann Rowell *Kathryn Southworth *Michael Loveday *Kathleen Bell *Jill Sharp *David Dumouriez *Michael Klimeš *Christine McNeill *Caleb Murdock *Pam Job *Solape Adetutu Adeyemi *Brian […]
Poetry review – SOME DISTANT PIN OF LIGHT: Peter Mladinic finds wonder and mystery in this collection by Francine Witte
Poetry review – ABOVE THE TREELINE: Chris Beckett feels welcomed into this well-crafted and multilayered collection by Nora Hughes
Poetry review – THINGS WE LEAVE BEHIND and MEN OF THE SAME NAME: Ian Pople reviews new collections by Josephine Balmer and Evan Jones
Poetry review – BACKLIT: Charles Rammelkamp reviews a prize-winning collection by Liz Robbins which explores the emotions and fears behind the anonymity of sex-workers
Poetry review – A HISTORY OF WESTERN MUSIC: Rosie Johnston is impressed by August Kleinzahler’s skill at conveying the experience of listening to music
Poetry review – THE FIELD IN WINTER: Jean Atkin offers a few well-chosen words of praise for David Clarke’s latest collection
Poetry review – TO 2040: Roger Caldwell considers the sometimes-enigmatic poetry of Jorie Graham
* THE AUTUMN 2023 ISSUE OF LONDON GRIP NEW POETRY features: *Bill Richardson *Denise O’Hagan *Charles G Lauder *Julia Deakin *Tina Norris *Deborah Harvey *Pam Job *Laura Grevel *Ping Yi *Jacob Mckibbin * James Norcliffe *Caleb Murdock *Fred Johnston *Norbert Hirschhorn *Hannah Linden *Tim Relf *Sue Dymoke *John Freeman *Rosemary Norman *Stuart Handysides *Janice D […]
Poetry review – TURN UP THE HEAT: Charles Rammelkamp explores a new collection by Ruth Danon
Poetry review – A HANDFUL OF WASPS: Lucy Winrow views a year through Stuart Henson’s haiku sequence drawn from observations recorded in real time A Handful of Wasps Stuart Henson Shoestring Press ISBN: 978-1-915553-61-4 36pp £8 Stuart Henson’s eleventh poetry collection opens with a telling quote from French impressionist painter Berthe Morisot: My […]
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