by Helen Ivory | Nov 19, 2012 | Reviews
The Book I Never Wrote is Ross Cogan’s second collection and as fascinating as his first, Stalin’s Desk, (Oversteps Books, 2005), in the...
by Helen Ivory | Oct 24, 2012 | Reviews
Third Book, Third Charm Sky Thick with Fireflies is Ethna McKiernan’s most recent collection, brought out in 2012 by Salmon Poetry (County Clare, Ireland), also the publisher of her second collection, The One Who Swears You Can’t Start...
by Helen Ivory | Sep 25, 2012 | Reviews
The term ekphrasis and its relationship with poetry is one which troubles me. The word finds its roots in Greek; ek meaning ‘out’, and phrasis ‘speak’. The general understanding of...
by Helen Ivory | Sep 16, 2012 | Reviews
Part of this collection’s skill lies in the maintenance of a coherent narrative throughout the poems. The story is that of a remarkable family. Whilst each individual work is long, the poems...
by Helen Ivory | Sep 4, 2012 | Reviews
This poet’s first collection appeared from Norton in 2008 when he turned 40. It’s titled Yellowrocket, after the plant – some call it a weed – that appears on the upper plains of the American Middle West. In this case, it’s in central Wisconsin, from the dark soil...
by Helen Ivory | Aug 13, 2012 | Reviews
Never-Never land is a collection whose poems manage to be personal and yet at the same time have a broad appeal for the reader. I think this is largely because the poet has avoided sentimentality and self-pity when dealing with emotive subjects such as childbirth, the...
