Castaway CompanionsCastaway poet Samuel Tongue chooses poems by Gillian Clarke, Dylan Thomas and Alexander Hutchison for his desert island stayPhoto by Alan McRedie The wonders this lens can do! Steven Lovatt reviews Ferenc Juhász: Selected Poems translated by David Wevill (Shearsman, 2022) Put me in a drum and bang me Tim Murphy reviews The Barman by Helen Bowell (Bad Betty Press, 2022) We certainly like our poets to be challenging in what they say but perhaps less so in how they say it!We talk to Mike Bartholomew-Biggs from London Grip about managing poetry reviews, London Grip New Poetry, the re-launch of Poetry in the Crypt, and the joy of maths A good flow is like a fossil / it preserves the timeBruno Cooke reviews The Lost Chronicle by Polarbear (Bloomsbury, 2022) And far away a writer drawing a breathRegina Weinert reviews Uneasy Pieces by Nancy Campbell (Guillemot Press 2022) A way of sayingMatthew Paul reviews Fool by Greta Stoddart (Bloodaxe, 2022) The space between barsNell Prince reviews Angola, America by Sammy Weaver (Seren, 2022) HunkerFollowing on from Steven Lovatt's evisceration of 'heft' and Chris Edgoose's denunciation of 'palimpsest', Jane Routh takes on ‘hunker'Photo by Mathias Reding We can never be passengers any moreAlan Buckley gives us his close reading of the poem 'The Walkers' by John Glenday Hope is a thing with 1. Fur 2. Down 3. Feathers 4. An exoskeletonHilary Menos reviews I Dreamed I Was Emily Dickinson’s Boyfriend by Ron Koertge (Red Hen Press, 2022) A spill of yewRory Waterman reviews Apostasy by John Burnside (Dare-Gale Press, 2022)
