Poetry review – MIRROR, MIRROR: IN THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE HEAD: Alwyn Marriage looks squarely at Sam Smith’s uncompromising poems about mental health patients and those who care for them
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Poetry review – DISAPPEARANCES: Pam Thompson reviews a dark and magical first collection by Kathleen Bell
Poetry review – MATERNAL IMPRESSION: Pat Edwards is impressed by a thought-provoking new pamphlet from Cheryl Moskowitz
Poetry Review – ALL ABOUT OUR MOTHERS: Sue Wallace-Shaddad admires a powerful collaboration by Vasiliki Albedo, Mary Mulholland and Simon Maddrell
Poetry review – WHATEVER ELSE YOU MIGHT SAY: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs savours one more collection from the late Paul McLoughlin
Poetry review – WE HAVE TO LEAVE THE EARTH: Julie Hogg admires a powerful new collection by Carolyn Jess-Cooke
Poetry review – THE DASH BETWEEN US: Charles Rammelkamp peruses Cathy Porter’s poems which try to pin down time that is so easily lost or wasted
* The Spring 2022 issue of London Grip New Poetry features: *Tim Suermondt *Mark J. Mitchell *Rustin Larson *Stuart Pickford *Emma Lee *Alan Cohen *John Grey *Charlotte Gann *Hannah Linden *Richard Manly Heiman * Janet Hatherley *Teoti Jardine *Julia Duke *Jim C Wilson *Robin Houghton *Ken Anderson *Gale Acuff *Kerrin P Sharpe *Alicia Stubbersfield *John […]
Poetry review – FIVE SCENES FROM A FAILED REVOLUTION: Edmund Prestwich is moved by Ashur Etwebi’s vivid glimpses of the continuing crisis in Libya
Poetry Review – PATIENT WATCHING: Diana Cant listens, watches and waits as Judith Wozniak introduces her to the compassionate working life of a general practitioner
Poetry review – VITAL CAPACITY: Kate Noakes listens to the breathing that runs through Fiona Larkin’s poems
HIDDEN SUN: James McGonigal explores James Fountain’s perceptive study of the poet Joseph Macleod
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • authors, books, literature, poetry, year 2022 • Tags: authors, books, James McGonigal, literature, poetry