Poetry review – THE ICONOSTASIS OF ANXIETY: Pam Thompson engages with a dense and complex short collection by W N Herbert
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THE RESEMBLANCE OF ALL THINGS: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs grapples with Bernard J Lurie’s ambitiously conceived long poem which speculates on the fundamentals of creation
Books of Hours, Books of Hope. Review by Barbara Lewis. If, like me, you need a reminder of the definition, a book of hours is a devotional manual designed for personal prayer.
Poetry review – SHAKING THE APPLE TREE: Kimberly K Williams considers an important collection of witness poems by Jane Simpson
Poetry review – PERISTERIA: Thomas Ovans appreciates the quiet, firm and consistent voice in Tim Cunningham’s poems
Poetry review – IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS: James Roderick Burns finds present day relevance in a collection of poems based on Old Testament verses
SUPER-INFINITE: Kevin Saving looks at Katherine Rundell’s recent study of John Donne
Poetry review – GRACE NOTES: Nancy Charley‘s new collection is wide-ranging and sometimes surprising but is built round a strong central theme
Poetry review – SANCTUARY: THERE MUST BE SOMEWHERE: Tim Murphy considers Angela Graham’s thought-provoking – and mildly collaborative – debut collection
Poetry review – BOOK OF DAYS : Nell Prince is drawn along by Phoebe Power’s poetic account of a pilgrimage
EAST WINDS: Charles Rammelkamp reviews a romantic memoir by Rachel Rueckert which is also a travel-guide and a critique of Mormonism
Poetry review – COMPASS LIGHT: Stuart Henson suggests that the poetry of Hilary Davies might be seen as sacred music for a secular world Compass Light Hilary Davies Renard Press ISBN 978-1-80447-159-3 £10 ‘SANS DIEU RIEN’ says the clock at Ingatestone Hall, the Tudor manor house in Essex: a motto that speaks […]
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