Pangolins and Plainsong
Annie Fisher reviews Words of Mercury by Alasdair Paterson (Shearsman Books, 2024)
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East Dubuque Sandbar 1959
by Robert Halleck — Feltes Motors searchlight scans the sky. / Mid August, rain coming soon. / Children’s holes to China left from the day ...
A voice from the silence
Jane Routh reviews The Silence by Gillian Clarke (Carcanet, 2024)
‘How to’ Poetry — Part Two
We review books on poetry from Fly on the Wall Press and Smith|Doorstop
The Importance of Being Earnest
by Jeanette Burton — There in the audience, my mother and me, / lights yet to be dimmed, unwrapping ...
I eat clean but train dirty. That’s perfection.
D. A. Prince reviews Taking Liberties by Leontia Flynn (Cape, 2024)
‘How To’ Poetry — Part One
We review books on poetry from Nine Arches Press and Roger Robinson
Wetsuit
by Regina Weinert — The hollow body hangs / in the cupboard under the stairs / headless hands and feet // detached ...
Poetry on social media: riding the wave
Bruno Cooke looks at three poets who successfully integrate social media into their poetic method
The Ark wasn’t always a toy
Karen Smith reviews Noah by Penelope Shuttle (Broken Sleep Books, 2023)
How to Speak Crocodile
by Christina Dunhill — Better not to speak at all. Be circumspect. / Encourage others to speak out. Offer tender grunts ...
Cofiwch Dryweryn!
Steven Lovatt reviews Wild Cherry by Nigel Jenkins (Parthian Books, 2023)