Poetry review – THE POINT OF THE STICK: Thomas Ovans enjoys Neil Fulwood’s poetic sketches of famous conductors
Thomas Ovans
Poetry review – PERISTERIA: Thomas Ovans appreciates the quiet, firm and consistent voice in Tim Cunningham’s poems
Poetry review – THE TRAPEZE OF YOUR FLESH: Thomas Ovans is impressed by the extensive knowledge behind Charles Rammelkamp’s poetic history of Striptease and Burlesque
Poetry review – JOE HILL MAKES HIS WAY INTO THE CASTLE: Thomas Ovans gets to grips with an idiosyncratic new collection by Katy Evans-Bush and finds it a rewarding experience
Poetry review – GAMES OF SOLDIERS: Thomas Ovans enjoys being teased and perplexed by the prose-poems of Mary Michaels
Poetry review – CROWS AT DUSK: Thomas Ovans enjoys a reflective walk through the seasons in the company of James Roderick Burns
Poetry review – THE PRETENCE OF AN UNDERSTANDING: Thomas Ovans enjoys the sense of optimism in a first pamphlet collection by Beth Davies
Poetry review – AFTER HASTINGS: Thomas Ovans reviews Merryn Wiliams‘ poetic impressions of the Covid years
WORDS & PICTURES: Thomas Ovans views some intriguing video poems created by Rosemary Norman and Stuart Pound
Poetry review – THE BIG CALLS: Thomas Ovans is quick to admire Glyn Maxwell’s furious lament over the current state of England
Poetry review – BEAUTIFUL MONSTERS: Thomas Ovans examines Stuart Henson’s carefully curated cabinet of curiosities
Poetry review – BRIDGING TIME 1944-2024: Thomas Ovans is both intrigued and moved by Patricia Townsend’s sonnet sequence incorporating and responding to wartime letters from her father. . .
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