Poetry review – MATE ARIAS: Peter Daniels appreciates Lewis Buxton’s poems exploring some aspects of masculinity
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Poetry review – ARRIVING BAREFOOTED: Stuart Henson enjoys a collection by Gwen Williams which deals with 19th century attempts to establish a new homeland for the Welsh in Patagonia
Poetry review – THE LIVES WE HAD BEFORE: Rachel Jeffcoat is impressed by the imagery and emotion in Vanessa Napolitano’s third collection
Poetry review – TRAVELLING LIGHT: Roger Elkin admires a rich collection of travel-inspired poems by Alwyn Marriage
Poetry review – INTIMATE ARCHITECTURE: Jennifer Johnson admires Tess Jolly’s adroit use of language in poems that explore memory and imagination
Poetry review – DEAD LETTERS: Rosie Johnston admires a collection of elegant and generous poems by Carole Coates
Poetry review – SUBLIME LUNGS: Paul McDonald is impressed by the powerful imagery and inventive language in this collection by Kate Noakes, which deals honestly with chronc illness
Poetry review – THE BAY: Charles Rammelkamp discovers perceptive insights and observations in David Dodd Lee’s new collection
Poetry review – THE 50, VOLUME 2: Charles Rammelkamp relishes some broad and pretty unsubtle humor in an anthology edited by J.T. Whitehead
Poetry review – THE CHEMISTRY OF EMOTION: Madeleine O’Beirne responds to a joint collection by Fiona Perry & Stephen Paul Wren
Poetry review – TIPS FOR COLLECTORS OF THE MACABRE: Pat Edwards finds that Jennie E Owen can make engaging poetry out of seemingly unpromising subject matter
Poetry review – TABLE, WINDOW: Mat Riches finds much to admire in this chapbook by Simon Richey
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2026 • Tags: books, Mat Riches, poetry