What’s left at the end of the worldMaggie Mackay reviews Sensitive to Temperature by Serena Alagappan (Smith|Doorstop Books, 2023) A curlew flings its loop of soundRowan Bell travels to Amble to talk to poet, historian and broadcaster Katrina Porteous * […] Mol is an imaginary friend, the latest fad everyone wants to get their hands on [go to page 18]Isabelle Thompson reviews Making Sense by Dide (Verve Poetry, 2023) A simple tree rooted in a quiet dreamHelena Nelson considers the pros and cons of Tree Poetry They cannot subtract meStephen Payne reviews Mathematics for Ladies: Poems on Women in Science by Jessy Randall (Goldsmiths Press, 2022) New, hopeful arrangementsChristopher Arksey chooses poems by Philip Larkin, Christopher Reid and U.A. Fanthorpe to take to his desert island Poetry for children: where do we start?Annie Fisher gathers together the best children's poetry, and the best children's poetry anthologies The forest’s edgeCharlotte Gann reviews Beyond the Gate by Clare Best (Worple Press, 2023) Waves of lavender shadow growing darker in their bluenessAlan Buckley reviews Up Late by Nick Laird (Faber, 2023) Paradise of garagistesChris Edgoose reviews Impasse: for Jules Maigret by Sean O’Brien (Hercules Editions, 2023) Something honeylike that makes me lean in closerD.A. Prince reviews Before We Go Any Further by Tristram Fane Saunders (Carcanet, 2023) The Lies of OwlsRebecca Ferrier explores truth, doubt, and lies in poetry, and looks at how poems can act as windows into our past selves
