Richie McCaffery admires a remarkable hybrid of journal and autobiography by M R Peacocke
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Carla Scarano reviews a lively new collection by Ray Pool
Graham Hardie considers his response to some frank and personal content in Sarah Fletcher’s poems
John Lucas reviews two unusual recent collections by Gail Holst-Warhaft and John Woods
Graham Hardie enjoys the poetic explorations of identity in a new pamphlet by Stefan Kielbasiewicz
A first collection by Suzannah Evans deals with future technologies but Mat Riches is pleased to see that it is also equally concerned with human themes
Merryn Williams discovers some fine new poems in Stuart Henson’s latest collection
Charlie Hill appreciates the ‘dry, intimate and unexpected’ writing to be found in Neil Campbell’s collection
Wendy French praises David Constantine’s new chapbook for its sharp visual images
Stuart Henson detects a note of anger in Jane Routh’s particular and personal responses to place and nature
Merryn Williams gives a concise appreciation of a prizewinning chapbook by Christopher North which contains several prizewinning poems.
Richie McCaffery discovers that D M Black’s ‘light verse’ can in fact go very deep
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2019 • Tags: books, poetry, Richie McCaffery