poetry

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

Jim Greenhalf considers Kevin Hanson’s new collection and wonders why he is not better known

Leah Fritz identifies with Lisa Kelly’s poems about hearing loss

Rosie Johnston congratulates Paul McLoughlin for taking on the challenge of rendering these ancient poems in contemporary English

Emma Storr reviews a serious and ambitious poetic collaboration by Jane Burn and Bob Beagrie

* The Autumn issue of LONDON GRIP NEW POETRY features work by more than 30 poets from all parts of the world:

Stephen Claughton finds that a new collection by Malcolm Carson reveals the calm assurance of an observant poet who has found his voice

Carla Scarano looks at poems by Valerie Lynch that explore relationships and experiences across the whole of life

Carla Scarano considers a poetic biography imagined by Antony Christie

Mat Riches follows the canine theme in Colin Dardis’s new collection