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Chris Edgoose

Painting of a man with a pipe looking into an oval mirror.

Paradise of garagistes

Chris Edgoose reviews Impasse: for Jules Maigret by Sean O’Brien (Hercules Editions, 2023)

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Close up of a medlar tree showing green leaves and purple fruit.

A Community Reimagined

Chris Edgoose reviews Medlars by Geraldine Clarkson (Shearsman, 2023)

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Black and white image showing what looks like abstracted, shrouded figures.

One Woman Revolution

Chris Edgoose reviews White/Other by Fran Lock

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Grainy still from a colour film showing two boxers squaring up in a ring.

The Irish word for love

Chris Edgoose reviews Rescue Contraptions by Joe Duggan (tall-lighthouse, 2022)

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An open book with a colourful party blower resting on the pages. The words "Matilda told such Dreadful Lies, She should have looked after her teeth" are just about visible above it.

This barter of enthusiasm

Funny poems by Norman MacCaig, William Makepeace Thackeray and Alexander Hutchison, chosen by Chris Edgoose, D.A. Prince and Richie McCaffery

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The words "We're all in it together" in white bold text on ragged red and blue triangles (a bit like flags) on a white background.

What lies ahead may cause upset

Chris Edgoose reviews WE’RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER: poems for a disUNITED KINGDOM edited by Michael Stewart, Steve Ely and Kayleigh Campbell (Grist, 2022).

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What does Chris Edgoose say?

I've enjoyed poetry since studying it at school — the War Poets and Elizabeth Jennings left a particular impression ...

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Grey drawing of a wasp like fly on a textured light grey background

Call it Love

Chris Edgoose reviews Bioluminescent Baby by Fiona Benson (Guillemot, 2021)

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Black and white image of an intense looking young man, on the light grey background are some partially obscured words from Spenders poem "In Railway Halls, on Pavements Near the Traffic"

Two Poetries: Spender, Poetry and Ideology

Chris Edgoose considers Stephen Spender, revolutionary poetry and the need for trust between writers and readers of poetry

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A rust red concrete slab wall with words "The Dereliction" written in stencil font.

Traces

Chris Edgoose reviews The Dereliction by Liz Berry and Tom Hicks (Hercules Editions, 2021)

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Archimedes palimpsest, Ancient Greek text on a turquoise and red background

Palimpsest

In the second of our series on over-used words in poetry, Chris Edgoose takes on 'palimpsest'

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