by Chloe Elliott | Nov 20, 2022 | Reviews
To craft poetry that remains impactful and affecting whilst avoiding emotive, didactic writing is a real art. And Fool’s Paradise by Zoe Brooks is a rare example of this type of artistry –a potent book which is nuanced, suggestive and often ambiguous. Brooks is...
by Chloe Elliott | Nov 13, 2022 | Reviews
In 1958, geophysicist A. G. Lewis travelled to the Antarctic to investigate the landscapes and skies of that vast and icy continent. Now Elizabeth Lewis Williams traces her father’s journeys, from the Peninsula to Mt Erebus. They are real, imagined, and...
by Lydia Hounat | Sep 30, 2022 | Reviews
Hélène Demetriades’ debut collection, The Plumb Line, charts a life in three sections. The act of ordering gives rise to measured reflection. Complicated experiences are held up to the light and this considered examination perhaps allows certain chapters...
by Leah Jun Oh | Jul 19, 2022 | News, Reviews
Publisher’s note: Leah’s thoughtful words have inspired IS&T to designate many of our reviews as ‘In Praise of’ pieces where, while still demanding thoughtful analysis as described below, we acknowledge the link between the Reviewer and Poet, as at the...
by The Repeat Beat Poet | Jul 18, 2022 | Reviews
Peter Clarke Reviews Idiolect by P.W. Bridgman P.W. Bridgman’s second collection, Idiolect, has been sitting on my desk for a while now. This has allowed me to dip into it from time to time after first reading, to be reminded of how original is...
by The Repeat Beat Poet | Jun 7, 2022 | Reviews
At the start of this powerful first collection we encounter careful, affectionate observations of animals, flowers and birds: cuckoo, red kite, heron, wren, sparrow, ‘incense of wild thyme, garlic, blooming beneath my feet’, (SOUTH DOWNS) around an...
