Poetry – Page 20 – Sabotage

Scumbled by Lesley Ingram

July 30, 2016July 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Cinnamon Press, Ekphrasis, Jessica Traynor, Lesley Ingram, Scumbled

– Reviewed by Jessica Traynor – Scumbled is a collection of mysteries, allusive images and strange echoes. An ekphrastic collection,

Angles & Visions by Anthony Costello

July 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Angles & Visions, Anthony Costello, cinema, film, poetry and film, Steve Nash, The High Window Press

– Reviewed by Steve Nash – Anthony Costello’s Angles & Visions takes the world of cinema as its focus, inviting the reader to

Letter from a Young Poet by Hyam Plutzik

July 30, 2016July 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Anthony Costello, Books & Books Press, Hyam Plutzik, Letter From a Young Poet, Lorca, Rilke, Watkinson Library

– Reviewed by Anthony Costello – Hyam Plutzik‘s Letter from a Young Poet should not be confused with Rilke’s Letters

Pamphlets Poetry

Smallminded Books: Aaron Kent, Rupert M Loydell, Andrea Moorhead, Martin Stannard

June 17, 2016June 15, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter 8 Mesostics for Brian Eno, Aaron Kent, Andrea Moorhead, James O'Leary, Leaving Ghosts on Pikutrapp, Martin Stannard, Rupert M. Loydell, Smallminded Books, Stack of Hay, walking trees

– Reviewed by James O’Leary – From what information I could find (or not find) on Smallminded Books, they have

Howling at the Moon by Darshana Suresh

June 16, 2016June 15, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Bethany W. Pope, Darshana Suresh, Howling at the Moon, Platypus Press

– Reviewed by Bethany W. Pope – Darshana Suresh, the author of Howling at the Moon, is only nineteen years

Pamphlets Poetry

Banquet in the Hall of Happiness by Victor Tapner

June 16, 2016June 15, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Banquet in the Hall of Happiness, Fool For Poetry Chapbook Prize, Roisin Kelly, Southword Editions, Victor Tapner

– Reviewed by Roisin Kelly – Victor Tapner has already had several poetry collections published, so Banquet in the Hall

Pamphlets Poetry

Faber New Poets 14 by Crispin Best

June 15, 2016June 15, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Colin Herd, Crispin Best, Donuts, Doughnuts, Faber New Poets, Faber New Poets 14, Twitter

– Reviewed by Colin Herd – There’s more to Crispin Best’s Faber New Poets pamphlet than bagels and doughnuts, but they

Goose Fair Night by Kathy Pimlott

June 15, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Clare Pollard, Goose Fair Night, Grant Tarbard, Kathy Pimlott, The Emma Press

– Reviewed by Grant Tarbard – Kathy Pimlott grew up in Radford, Nottingham under the yellow-fingered dusk of the Player’s

Collection Poetry

Slow Fires by Dan Wylie and Roxandra Dardagan Britz

June 5, 2016June 5, 2016 Editor Dan Wylie, Fourthwall Books, Grahamstown, Roxandra Dardagan Britz, Slow Fires, South Africa, Terry Sanders, Zimbabwe

-Reviewed by Claire Trévien– Terry Sanders’ 1987 documentary Slow Fires ‘looks at the disintegration of library holdings worldwide due to

Collection Poetry

Matric Rage by Genna Gardini

May 30, 2016May 30, 2016 Editor Genna Gardini, Matric Rage, South Africa, uHlanga

-Reviewed by Claire Trévien– Matric Rage is Genna Gardini’s powerful and strange debut collection, published by the new South African