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Chris Hardy, in praise of ‘A Triptych of Birds and A Few Loose Feathers’ by Pratibha Castle

Chris Hardy, in praise of ‘A Triptych of Birds and A Few Loose Feathers’ by Pratibha Castle

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...
Susan Castillo Street reviews  ‘Swimming to Albania’ by Sue Hubbard

Susan Castillo Street reviews ‘Swimming to Albania’ by Sue Hubbard

by Helen Ivory | May 23, 2022 | Reviews

    On reading Sue Hubbard’s collection Swimming to Albania, the concept that comes to mind is saudade. A. F. G. Bell writes in his study In Portugal, published in 1912:‘The famous saudade of the Portuguese is a vague and constant desire for something that...
Stephen Payne reviews ‘Lemonade in the Armenian Quarter’ by Sarah Mnatzaganian

Stephen Payne reviews ‘Lemonade in the Armenian Quarter’ by Sarah Mnatzaganian

by Leah Jun Oh | Apr 27, 2022 | Reviews

    “If music be the food of love” is one of Uncle Hagop’s favourite lines, so we are told in ‘Uncle Hagop in Stratford-upon-Avon’. But for his niece, Sarah, the food of love is food itself. In happy memories of teenage visits to the Armenian...
Helen Moore reviews ‘an/other pastoral’ by Tjawangwa Dema with illustrations by Tebogo Cranwell

Helen Moore reviews ‘an/other pastoral’ by Tjawangwa Dema with illustrations by Tebogo Cranwell

by Leah Jun Oh | Apr 20, 2022 | Reviews

    “For the leadwood trees of Mmadikola. Ya matswere a Mmadikola” is the dedication that award-winning New Generation African poet TJ Dema offers at the start of this excellent chapbook to a species of tree found in southern Africa. Indicating the timber’s...
Janice Dempsey reviews ‘Performance Rites’ by Barry Smith

Janice Dempsey reviews ‘Performance Rites’ by Barry Smith

by Leah Jun Oh | Apr 13, 2022 | Reviews

    Barry Smith’s debut poetry collection is a cornucopia of his rich life and artistic experiences. These poems draw on his life as an educator, theatre director, music lover; Smith directs the South Down Poetry Festival, co- ordinates Chichester’s summer...
Tessa Strickland reviews ‘Light Makes it Easy’ by Rosie Jackson

Tessa Strickland reviews ‘Light Makes it Easy’ by Rosie Jackson

by Helen Ivory | Mar 14, 2022 | Reviews

  Award-winning poet Rosie Jackson is in her element with her latest pamphlet, Light Makes it Easy. Richly informed by literary and spiritual antecedents, these poems are also completely themselves – both modern and mystical, intimate and universal. There’s...
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