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Chris Edgoose

 is a poet and blogger at Wood Bee Poet. He lives near Cambridge in the UK, and has had work published in several magazines in print and online.

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    Call it Love

    Chris Edgoose reviews Bioluminescent Baby by Fiona Benson (Guillemot Press, 2021)
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    Two Poetries: Spender, Poetry and Ideology

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

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

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