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Painting showing wide red an white horizontakl stripes, in th top left corner is a drawing of a gun on a blue background. Some white stars are at the bottom.

The point-blankness of space

Christian Wethered reviews American Anthem by Kelly Michels (Gallery Press, 2024) 

Continue readingThe point-blankness of space
Black and white photo showing three policemen with riot helmets on a Northern backstreet.

STRIKE is a fist beating fast

Matthew Paul reviews STRIKE by Sarah Wimbush (Stairwell Books, 2024)

Continue readingSTRIKE is a fist beating fast
A white plastic safety helmet floats on the water; underneath it numerous goose barnacles are attached.

What belongs outside, and what comes in

Isabelle Thompson reviews May Swim by Katie Donovan (Bloodaxe, 2024)

Continue readingWhat belongs outside, and what comes in
black and white photograph of a park bench. There is a small backpack on one end. A glass and a bottle are nearby.

Embraceable You

Stephen Payne reviews Last Poems? by Brendan Cleary (Tall Lighthouse Press, 2023)

Continue readingEmbraceable You
A drawing in green on an off-white background. Looks a bit like a musical instrument, could be a mandolin or maybe a lyre.

La vigne fait maille pour maille

Victoria Moul reviews Rainer Maria Rilke, Change Your Life. Essential Poems, selected, translated and introduced by Martyn Crucefix (Pushkin Press Classics, 2024).

Continue readingLa vigne fait maille pour maille
A window at night with twilight streaming through. Or it could be a streetlight. Twilight is more poetic though, innit?

The art of loneliness

Annie Fisher reviews Night Window by Ian Seed (Shearsman, 2024)

Continue readingThe art of loneliness
Graphic showing an orange circle on a yellow background. A yellow shape like a small lightbulb dangles into the top of the circle.

O linger Sapphos of the lash-line!

Alan Buckley reviews PLUS ULTRA by Sarah Fletcher (CHEERIO, 2023)

Continue readingO linger Sapphos of the lash-line!
The word 'MISSING' in white block capitals superimposed on a photo of the back of a red brick house, two sash windows, overgrown with foliage from the garden.

Oboes, pine cones, pangolins

Jane Routh reviews Missing the Man Next Door by Annie Fisher (Mariscat, 2024)

Continue readingOboes, pine cones, pangolins
A tangle of snow covered beaches, a small red bird sits on one, from a distance it could be mistaken for a heart.

I with my mother became we

Maggie Mackay reviews Grief’s Alphabet by Carrie Etter (Seren, 2024)

Continue readingI with my mother became we
A landscape photograph showing grass, a cloudy sky and a small crenelated building with a tower that looks like a lighthouse, but is presumably a camera obscura

The strong verbs

Helena Nelson reviews Camera Obscura by Philip Rush (Garlic Press, 2023)

Continue readingThe strong verbs
Two luminescent jellyfish (presumably of the 'moon' variety) on a blue background.

Watch how we glow

Karen Smith reviews Moon Jellyfish Can Barely Swim by Ness Owen (Parthian, 2023)

Continue readingWatch how we glow
Artwork in a graphic style showing the back of a man walking towards a tall building with many windows. The sky appears to be on fire.

That day when we can watch it fall

Steven Lovatt reviews Joe Hill Makes His Way into the Castle by Katy Evans-Bush (CB Editions, 2024)

Continue readingThat day when we can watch it fall
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