Sarah Lawson draws attention to a posthumously published collection in which Sarah Getty’s intelligence and wit still live on
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John Forth finds that John Levett’s new collection raises a number of questions
Fiona Sinclair commends Michael Rosen’s use of poetry to make some telling political points
Norbert Hirschhorn acknowledges the craft and potency of Vénus Khoury-Ghata’s poetry
I expected this to be an exhibition focusing on the links between art and T.S Eliot. Journeys with ‘The Waste Land’s is however something more unique. It is an exhibition that focuses purely on this extraordinary poem with all its contexts, voices and virtuosity.
Alex Josephy finds Abegail Morley’s fascinating new collection builds to much more than the sum of its parts
D A Prince becomes fully engaged with John Fuller’s witty and ingenious use of form
Peter Ualrig Kennedy is full of admiration for the spare elegance of Gordon Meade’s poetic discourse on being faced with cancer.
Paul McLoughlin admires both the craft and the range of Alistair Elliot’s third collection from Shoestring Press
Emma Lee is pleased by the musical elements in a new collection by Reuben Woolley
Stuart Henson considers the elegance of two pamphlets by Martyn Crucefix.
Roger Caldwell gives a thoughtful appraisal of a carefully chosen selection of Michael Schmidt’s poetry
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2018 • Tags: books, poetry, Roger Caldwell