Mike Barlow

Whichever life we live, it’s the other calls
Carl Tomlinson reviews Hotel Anonymous by Mike Barlow (Pindrop Press, 2021)

Essential poetry from Wayleave Press
Book Review: Richie McCaffery reviews two Wayleave Press pamphlets — Rib by Sharon Black and After by Jane Routh

Hotel Anonymous
by Mike Barlow — Someone in the room next door / is practising the oboe, those clear / woody notes going over and over / the same bars, never finding perfection, / never satisfied but reminding me / of one particular