Graham Hardie considers a collection by Graham Buchan in which some rather sombre themes are balanced by welcome lighter touches.
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Wendy Klein enjoys a side-by-side look at two compelling but entirely different books by Stuart Pickford and Nigel Pantling
Fiona Sinclair considers a heavyweight collection from Michael Rosen and decides that it does not pull any political punches.
Roger Caldwell discerns a remarkable felicity of phrasing in Matthew Barton’s third collection.
London Grip comments on recent poetry collections by Andy Green, Mandy Coe, Caroline Davies and Mo Gallaccio
Emma Lee reviews a prize-winning pamphlet by S A Leavesley
Thomas Ovans congratulates Ver Poets on their 50th birthday and on the anthology they have produced to celebrate it.
Nick Cooke surveys a collection by Michael Vince which spans ancient and modern worlds
Fiona Moore applauds Cristina Viti’s fine translation of Gezim Hajdari’s poems of exile
* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: *Brian Docherty *Tracey Peterson *Bruce Christianson *Caroline Am Bergris *Jonathan Taylor *Caroline Natzler *Mary Franklin *Gareth Culshaw * Abdulrahman M Abu-yaman *Brian Johnstone *Jane Henderson *Maggie Freeman * Rosa Walling-Wefelmeyer *Oliver Comins *Teoti Jardine *Mary Michaels *Gary Beck *Racker Donnelly *Anthony Wilson *John Freeman *Bethany […]
Dangerous Liaisons: Brian Docherty pursues an unreliable narrator through the latest collection by Matthew Caley
Richie McCaffery admires the range and scope of an anthology celebrating half a century of Modern Poetry in Translation.
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2016 • Tags: books, poetry, Richie McCaffery