* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: * Robert Etty *Mark Young *Rodney Wood *Peter Daniels *Jill Harris *Derek Adams * Marion McCready *Robert Nisbet *Emma Neale *Pamela Job * Tim Love *Susannah Hart * Ian C Smith *Gareth Culshaw * Dan Bennett * Anne Ballard * E Wen Wong *Phil Wood […]
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James Roderick Burns appreciates the way Phil Kirby handles darker aspects of life with honesty but without excluding hope
D A Prince admires John Fennelly’s attention to language and connections in this substantial new pamphlet
Alex Josephy finds that Ruth Smith’s collection is one of those books which remind her why poetry is important
Thomas Ovans reviews two new poetry anthologies from two small presses which tackle big themes.
Pamela Johnson sees Jane Commane as a bold poet for troubled times
Emma Lee considers Kate Foley’s poetic exploration of boundaries and how to cross them
Stuart Henson decides that Jonathan Davidson’s “On Poetry” is a book for both writers and listeners. And academics might enjoy it too.
Grant Tarbard has produced a fascinating collection, observes Carla Scarano
Norbert Hirschhorn delights in the discipline underpinning Mimi Khalvati’s poetry
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2018 1 • Tags: books, Norbert Hirschhorn, poetry