Book Reviews
![Graphic showing an orange circle on a yellow background. A yellow shape like a small lightbulb dangles into the top of the circle.](https://thefridaypoem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/PLUS-ULTRA-cover-high-res-320x225.jpg)
O linger Sapphos of the lash-line!
Alan Buckley reviews PLUS ULTRA by Sarah Fletcher (CHEERIO, 2023)
![A tangle of snow covered beaches, a small red bird sits on one, from a distance it could be mistaken for a heart.](https://thefridaypoem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Griefs-Alphabet-COVER-320x225.jpg)
I with my mother became we
Maggie Mackay reviews Grief’s Alphabet by Carrie Etter (Seren, 2024)
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The strong verbs
Helena Nelson reviews Camera Obscura by Philip Rush (Garlic Press, 2023)
![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.](https://thefridaypoem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Joe-Hill-Makes-His-Way-into-the-Castle-COVER-320x225.jpg)
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)
![Photograph of two people walking on the beach at low tide. A shadowy coaster is seen in the background. This may or may not be relevant.](https://thefridaypoem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Paula-Jennings-This-is-You-Dear-Stranger-COVER-320x225.jpg)
There now
D. A. Prince reviews This is You, Dear Stranger by Paula Jennings (Red Squirrel Press, 2024)
![Image of a white skull on a black background. The skull has a pink flower in the right eye socket.](https://thefridaypoem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Ruin-Blossom-by-John-Burnside-320x225.jpg)
Say I was born in peacetime
Annie Fisher reviews Ruin, Blossom by John Burnside (Cape, 2024)
![Woodcut showing a woman holding a baby.](https://thefridaypoem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/The-Snow-Globe-by-Jenny-Pagdin-COVER-320x225.jpg)
Oh tears and blood
Hilary Menos reviews The Snow Globe by Jenny Pagdin (Nine Arches, 2024)
![Section from a painting showing pair of well worn leather boots, hobnails on the soles.](https://thefridaypoem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/The-Asking-New-and-Selected-Poems-by-Jane-Hirshfield-320x225.jpg)
Sequins stay sequins
D. A. Prince reviews The Asking: New and Selected Poems by Jane Hirshfield (Bloodaxe, 2024)
![Close up photograph of a buttercup flower, blurred water is behind.](https://thefridaypoem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/A-Change-in-the-Air-320x225.jpg)
Alert, electric, alive
Maggie Mackay reviews A Change in the Air by Jane Clarke (Bloodaxe, 2023)
![A blurry image that shows the sky in a light lilac hue. There are brown buildings at the bottom and three birds fly in from the right.](https://thefridaypoem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Come-here-to-this-gate-320x225.jpg)
Across the border
Isabelle Thompson reviews Come Here to This Gate by Rory Waterman (Carcanet, 2024)
![Section of what looks like a red tapestry showing a woman a unicorn and a fruit tree. the woman is sitting and the unicorn is resting its front hooves on the woman's leg. The tree remains impassive.](https://thefridaypoem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Eleanor-Among-The-Saints-320x225.jpg)
Embroidering a priest
Carl Tomlinson reviews Eleanor Among The Saints by Rachel Mann (Carcanet, 2024)