by Helen Ivory | Mar 29, 2014 | Reviews
It is difficult to write about big subjects without recourse to the abstract, and so Wendy Pratt’s first full collection is especially impressive given that its overwhelming interest is death. Pratt...
by Helen Ivory | Mar 5, 2014 | Reviews
Looking for Larkin is the first full length collection of Jules Smith’s poetry. Handsomely produced, it also contains a sequence of photographs by Dan Lyons which capture some of the monuments, wharves and...
by Helen Ivory | Feb 7, 2014 | Reviews
The Brightness It is a testament to Sue Millard’s exceptional skill as a poet that the poems in her collection “Ash Tree” have the tensile strength to contain the raw material of their contents. In these nineteen graceful and crafted works she shares the experience of...
by Helen Ivory | Jan 20, 2014 | Reviews
The poems in this collection are densely packed with ideas and imagery. They are generally in a block form without stanzas thereby demanding that the reader takes their time reading them. Meaning is not immediately apparent but with repeated close study the...
by Helen Ivory | Jan 6, 2014 | Reviews
I’ve woken up with protest of the physical running through my mind. McMillan has a voice which surprises you, and a deep poetic theory behind the voice. It is almost as if I’m surprised – even after the wonderful the moon is a supporting player – walking into a...
by Helen Ivory | Dec 6, 2013 | Reviews
The Plucking Shed, 2010. Cinnamon Press. Rise, 2012. Cinnamon Press. To survive cancer, as this poet has done, and to write about the experience without fear or bitterness is remarkable, and yet...
