by Ivory Web | Dec 5, 2011 | Reviews
In The Distance David Cooke Night Publishing ISBN: 978-1-146-096581-8, Paperback 95ppAn unusual collection in a number of ways, this is David Cooke’s first publication for many years. Having won an Eric Gregory Award in 1977, while still an undergraduate,...
by Ivory Web | Dec 3, 2011 | Prose & Poetry, Reviews
Ok, it's that time of year again – well, nearly. I am running a 12 days of Christmas feature again on IS&T, starting December 25th. Send me your poems, short prose and word&image pieces with '12 Days IS&T' in the subject...
by Ivory Web | Nov 26, 2011 | Reviews
Vintage Sea by Marion McCready, Calderwood Press, 2011, £5McCready has a strong and confident voice, especially so for a first collection. The poet hails from the island of Lewis and was brought up in Dunoon, Argyll, consequently her poems are imbued with landscape...
by Ivory Web | Nov 24, 2011 | Prose & Poetry, Reviews
The Sleeper he stalked thru the world feeling the flowers as he ran every time he lost it it was usually found under his bed in the evening as the sun went down he looked up the birds were melting in the trees David Mac is a poet...
by Ivory Web | Nov 15, 2011 | Reviews
Max Wallis Modern Love Flipped Eye (Flap pamphlet series no.5) £4.00This sequence takes a year of finding love and losing it; moving from “All the days to tread till I meet you…” to “Allow yourself this one day / hungover from love”. This is young love, gay love,...
by Ivory Web | Nov 13, 2011 | Reviews
Maria C. McCarthy, Strange Fruits, Cultured Llama Publishing, 2011.Maria McCarthy’s new collection Strange Fruits is dedicated to her best friend who died of cancer. It is published in aid of Macmillan cancer support. Dedications to her friend Karen frame the...
