Neil Fulwood compliments David Clarke on not putting a foot wrong in his poetic assessment of present day Britain
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Angela Topping admires Jane Burn’s fleetness of word in a new narrative sequence
Wendy French considers a sizeable collection by Chris Armstrong and finds it honest about love, loss and the joy of being alive
D A Prince reviews an excellent debut pamphlet by Joe Carrick-Varty
Julie Hogg engages with a deeply thought-provoking collection by Dorothy Lehane
Alex Josephy judges Warda Yassin’s chapbook to be the work of a promising and confident new poet
Nicholas Bielby works through some initial difficulties in getting to grips with Tim O’Leary’s poetry
Wendy Klein enjoys Keith Hutson’s artful recapturing of the atmosphere of Music Hall
Michael Bartholomew-Biggs finds that Danielle Hope’s translations provide a very accessible introduction to Giovanni Pascoli’s poetry
Michael Bartholomew-Biggs accompanies Nancy Charley on an unorthodox poetic excursion into the New Testament
James Roderick Burns finds a way through the more unusual aspects of a collection by Elisa Matvejeva
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, photography, poetry reviews, year 2019 • Tags: Angela Topping, books, photography, poetry • 1 Comment
Angela Topping looks at a successful collaboration between Rebecca Goss & Chris Routledge