THREE MELOS PRESS PAMPHLETS: Ian Pople reviews poetry by Michele Roberts, NS Thompson and Andrew McCulloch
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* LONDON GRIP NEW POETRY #60 – SUMMER 2026 features poems by: *Diana Cant *Kim Waters *Prue King *John Whitehouse *Michael Mintrom *Stuart Pickford *Kathleen McPhilemy *Siobhan Ward * Elisabeth Sennitt Clough *David I Hughes *Sue Spiers *Tim Love *Andrew Barnes *Nasrin Parvaz *Paul Stephenson *Bruce Christianson *Joan Dance *Leo F Smyth *Fiona Clark *Barry […]
Poetry review – SOMETHING LIKE GRACE: Jennifer Johnson follows Annie Forbes as she uses poetry to explore different understandings of grace
David Lightfoot (1941 – 2026) – teacher, poet, novelist & editor: some recollections by friend and colleague Rob Etty
Poetry review – FRAGMENTS OF AN AMERICA (VOLUME II): Charles Rammelkamp finds both warmth and urgency in these state-of-the-nation poems by Chris McNally
Poetry review – DARLING BLUE: Rennie Halstead explores the strands within a narrative sequence by Sarah James
Poetry review – FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT: Thomas Ovans admires Alwyn Marriage’s sequence of ekphrastic poems based on Christian artworks
A GUIDE TO GETTING YOUR POETRY PUBLISHED: Thomas Ovans reviews a comprehensive instruction manual for new poets by Robin Houghton and notes that it can also be a useful refresher course for old hands
Poetry review – LOOSESTRIFE FOR PORCUPINES: Charles Rammelkamp admires a well-observed new collection by D. M. Gordon
Poetry review – DIS(ILLUSION): Ian Pople explores the complexities of Mario Martín Gijón’s distinctive poetic style
Poetry review – THE LAST CORINTHIANS: Emma Storr is glad to find that Matthew Paul’s poems of personal reminiscence are welcoming and inclusive for the general reader
Poetry review – AS IT MUST: Colin Pink considers an interesting new collection by Gale Burns which is sometimes emotionally restrained and yet surprisingly and strikingly graphic about politics and death
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