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The background is waves of pink and light blue. On top is a line drawing showing hands holding a heart shape with the word 'cursed' on it.

recently i’ve been daydreaming of pete davidson

Mat Riches reviews Poems For Pete Davidson by Ella Sadie Guthrie (Broken Sleep, 2022)

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Woodcuts seem to be very popular as illustrations for poetry book covers. This looks like it is indeed a woodcut (or a clever imposter).Predominantly blue it shows a night scene with a moon and a path leading to a house in the hills.

Rare is this wrought-work

Carl Tomlinson reviews Earth House by Matthew Hollis (Bloodaxe, 2023)

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Section of book cover, red background with parts of letters in black and white.

Limos : acceptance, smirom : peace

Maggie Mackay reviews Didicoy by Karen Downs-Barton (Smith|Doorstop Books, 2023)

Continue readingLimos : acceptance, smirom : peace
Big white text on a black background. Parts of the words "The" and "Big" . Its striking if you like that monochrome block capitals kind of thing.

Meanwhile in Camelot

Helena Nelson reviews The Big Calls by Glyn Maxwell (Live Canon, 2023)

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Section of the book cover. What looks like rows of small squareish woodblock shapes in pinky red on a yellow background.

Inside fire what you get is fire

Victoria Moul reviews Heritage Aesthetics by Anthony Anaxagorou (Granta, 2022)

Continue readingInside fire what you get is fire
illustration showing a woman with blue skin covered in images, light blue leaves intertwine with pink flowers, a yellow sun on each breast.

Finishing mummy’s pictures

Rachael Matthews reviews The Illustrated Woman by Helen Mort (Chatto & Windus, 2022)

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Two book covers, one green, one blue. Sigh.

Two pamphlets that sing together

Isabelle Thompson reviews I Hate to Be the One to Tell You This by Zoë Walkington (Smith|Doorstop, 2023) and Past Tense Future Imperfect by Jon Miller (Smith|Doorstop, 2023)

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A Friday clearly isn't a Friday without an abstract poetry book cover to describe. I am almost, but not quite, at a loss for words. Here we go, poetry fans! Pop art seems to be the style choice. Purple jagged forks of what looks like lightening cross diagonally passing behind white cloud like formations (although one does seem to have a dark doorway in, so it may not be a cloud). Green ribbons, a blue sky and a red dot top right complete the picture. Ah ... poetry.

I am cobalt and cherry pulp lyric

Tim Murphy reviews VISIONS & FEED by Maria Sledmere (HVTN Press, 2022)

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Three pieces of fruit, made out of wood on a pale background. Pretty sure one is a pear and more than 80% sure that another represents an apple. The last could well be a beef tomato, then again a teeny pumpkin fits too.

You are less separate than you imagine

Charlotte Gann reviews The Hopeful Hat by Carole Satyamurti (Bloodaxe, 2023)

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Part of book cover showing Kite form by Mike Barlow — a piece of abstract art (because we have learnt by now that nothing says competent poet more than a bit of random abstract artwork). Painted driftwood is the background to geometric shapes in shades of blue. These are criss crossed with bits of fine string. Told you ... poetry.

To walk, move the ground backwards

Mat Riches reviews Spider Time by William Gilson (Wayleave Press, 2022)

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Pixelated image with a black background and a thick rainbow border on the left hand side and top. Small square blocks of colour seem to explode into the centre from the top left hand corner.

Can’t you see the poetry in throwing a fire extinguisher through the window of the Ritz?

Karen Smith reviews Improvised Explosive Device by Arji Manuelpillai (Penned in the Margins, 2022)

Continue readingCan’t you see the poetry in throwing a fire extinguisher through the window of the Ritz?
Monochrome photograph showing the silhouette of a woman standing on a small rock in the sea.

First-class business to transact

Isabelle Thompson reviews Tabula Rasa: Poetry by Women (Linen Press, 2023)

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