by Kayleigh Jayshree | Jan 27, 2024 | News, Reviews
‘What’s real is us’ ‘Can any amount of words stop a thing from happening?’ A (white American) poet asks, positioning his words in opposition to his government’s war on Vietnam. Linton Kwesi Johnson (the dub poet and British Black Panther) when asked if...
by Kayleigh Jayshree | Dec 22, 2023 | Reviews
Review of We Saw It All Happen by Julian Bishop Writing successful ecopoetry is harder than it looks. Precise definitions of ‘ecopoetry’ (as opposed to nature poetry more broadly) vary. In general this is a poetics which will propose or attempt to navigate a...
by Kate Birch | Oct 3, 2023 | Reviews
crows at dusk by James Roderick Burns Red Moon Press (USA) www.redmoonpress.com $20 (USA) (112 pages) The first thing one notices when looking at James Roderick Burns’ haiku collection crows at dusk is its front cover, which features Van Gogh’s Wheat Field with Crows...
by Prerana Kumar | Aug 29, 2023 | Reviews
suddenly, it’s now by Blossom Hibbert Leafe Press, £7.00 (28 pages of poetry) suddenly, it’s now is a fun, dazzling and provocative debut pamphlet from a bright green voice in poetry. Blossom Hibbert hails from Sydney/Manchester but now lives in UNESCO City of...
by Prerana Kumar | Aug 7, 2023 | Reviews
Federal Gods by Clare Saponia Palewell Press (112 pages of poetry) Clare Saponia’s reputation for radically engaged poetry, characterised by a boldly provocative and satirical style, was already established with The Oranges of Revolution (Smokestack Books, 2015),...
by Prerana Kumar | Jul 14, 2023 | Reviews
Coalescence by Tim King Lulu Press (230 pages of poetry) Tim King can always be relied on to provide the perfect poetry pick-me-up that every writer longs for. ‘Coalescence’ is a glorious gallop through fifty years of jubilant, quirky and candid creativity....
