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An abstract design. The left hand third of the image is yellow, the right hand two-thirds is black with one orange and two yellow triangles.

The mind begins this squeaking

Nell Prince reviews Finishing School by Michaela Coplen (Ignition, 2022)

Continue readingThe mind begins this squeaking
The word Orlam in black script on a parchment background. The "O" is enormous and is surrounded by small line drawings of birds and insects in red. White lines like trees are in the background, and a black line-drawn lamb hangs in the centre.

Your death opens gates to the dark world

Bruno Cooke reviews Orlam by PJ Harvey (Picador, 2022)

Continue readingYour death opens gates to the dark world
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Seawort, marram grass, a length of rusted metal chain

Khadija Rouf reviews Notes on Water by Amanda Dalton (Smith|Doorstop, 2022)

Continue readingSeawort, marram grass, a length of rusted metal chain
A a detail from Hieronymus Bosch’s ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’. It's a night scene showing fires and silhouettes of houses. At the bottom right light shines through an archway.

An empty room

Charlotte Gann reviews Towards a General Theory of Love by Clare Shaw (Bloodaxe, 2022)

Continue readingAn empty room
A predominantly black and white old photograph of an oldish woman standing if front of a stone house, arms akimbo. She is dressed in black and wearing a black bonnet-like hat. Her apron is in colour and embroidered with large primitive flower shapes.

Ce n’est pas une métaphore

Hilary Menos reviews Our Lady of Tyres / Notre dame des pneus by Claire Trévien, translated from English to French by Marie Lando (Broken Sleep Books, 2022)

Continue readingCe n’est pas une métaphore
An image taken from the book cover, Its shows a bit the the name Emily in yellow text and the first six letters of the word "unexhausted" in blue text. The background is shocking pink

Strung like an archer’s bow

Steven Lovatt reviews Unexhausted Time by Emily Berry (Faber, 2022)

Continue readingStrung like an archer’s bow
A black background with a red brush stroke image that looks like a fox. The image is red and is surrounded by white text with the words THE RAKE in block capitals.

Biscuit, olive branch, small origami frog

Jane Routh reviews The Rake by Tristran Fane Saunders (New Poets List, The Poetry Business, 2022)

Continue readingBiscuit, olive branch, small origami frog
Slightly blurred mostly blue picture of a white lighthouse on the end of a pier.

Life and love

Matthew Paul reviews Lanyard by Peter Samson (Carcanet, 2022)

Continue readingLife and love
Images from the three pamphlet covers, mostly grayscale. Three are some photographed high rise buildings, a close up of a black leather jacket and a drawing of what looks like a figure in a maze

Three Live Canon winners

Emma Simon reviews pamphlets by Aileen La Tourette, Elena Croitoru and Mehmet Izbudak, winners of the Live Canon Pamphlet Competition 2021

Continue readingThree Live Canon winners
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).

Continue readingWhat lies ahead may cause upset
A paper cutout of the front steps to Steven Spender's house. It is a blue townhouse and stone steps lead to the front door. Leaves are on the ground, giving an autumnal air.

A single umbrella is enough to start a revolution

Matthew Stewart reviews The Storm in the Piano by Christopher James (Maytree Press, 2022),

Continue readingA single umbrella is enough to start a revolution
An old map of Limehouse in London, the colour is predominantly blue

Pulled into focus through my mind’s binoculars

D.A. Prince reviews Old Friends by Hannah Lowe (Hercules Editions, 2022)

Continue readingPulled into focus through my mind’s binoculars
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