Poetry – Page 20 – Sabotage

Strangers Like You by Mark Mansfield

August 2, 2016July 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Charlie Baylis, Louis MacNeice, Mark Mansfield, Strangers Like You, Van der Decken Press

– Reviewed by Charlie Baylis – Dropped off by Dad, each summer, we’d explore the wash house where she kept her

Pamphlets Poetry

Border Lines by Stuart A. Paterson

August 2, 2016July 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Border Lines, Indigo Dreams, Indigo Dreams Bookshop, Indigo Dreams Publishing, Jessica Traynor, Poetry of place, Stuart A. Paterson

– Reviewed by Jessica Traynor – Border Lines is a work of psychogeography as much as poetry, making the topography

The Rag and Boneyard by Bethany W. Pope

August 1, 2016July 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Bethany W. Pope, Demeter, Elizabeth Rimmer, Homeric Hymns, Indigo Dreams, Indigo Dreams Bookshop, Indigo Dreams Publishing, Myth, Persephone, The Rag and Boneyard

– Reviewed by Elizabeth Rimmer – The Rag and Boneyard is described as a ‘take on the myth of Persephone, re-visioned

Anthology Live Literature Poetry

Alice: Ekphrasis at the British Library

August 1, 2016July 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Alice in Wonderland, Alice: Ekphrasis at the British Library, Andrew McMillan, Anna Kisby, Helen ivory, Jenna Clake, Lewis Carroll, Luke Wright, Miriam Gamble, Sarah Salway, Sharon Black, Vanessa Gebbie

– Reviewed by Jenna Clake – Alice is an anthology celebrating the 150th anniversary of the publication of Lewis Carroll’s

Pamphlets Poetry

The First Telling by Gill McEvoy

August 1, 2016August 1, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Gill McEvoy, Happenstance, JPL, The First Telling

– Reviewed by JPL – Speaking of abuse is fraught, but may help to heal; painting its colours can be therapeutic. Making poetry of this,

Pamphlets Poetry

Optograms by Stephen Watt

July 31, 2016August 8, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Emma Lee, Optograms, Stephen Watt, Wild Word Press

– Reviewed by Emma Lee – (To obtain a copy of this pamphlet, email either the author [email protected] or the

Pamphlets Poetry

Choosing New Omens by Rebecca Bilkau

July 31, 2016July 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Caroline M. Davies, Choosing New Omens, Rebecca Bilkau, Wayleave Press

– Reviewed by Caroline M Davies – Choosing New Omens is a pamphlet of fifteen poems charting the poet’s journey

Poetry Spoken Word

What I Learned from Johnny Bevan by Luke Wright

July 31, 2016July 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter John Davies, Luke Wright, Oof, Penned in the Margins, What I Learned from Johnny Bevan

– Reviewed by John Davies – I’m not a lover of Pope or Clive James’ rhyming couplets, however clever they

Pamphlets Poetry

Dad’s Slideshow by Di Slaney

July 31, 2016July 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Dad's Slideshow, Di Slaney, Family, Stonewood Press

– Reviewed by Rachel Stirling – Dad’s Slideshow is a small brown book which could easily be mistaken for an instruction

Pamphlets Poetry

Catching Light by Helen Boyles

July 31, 2016July 31, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Catching Light, Helen Boyles, Humphrey Astley, Indigo Dreams, Indigo Dreams Bookshop, Indigo Dreams Publishing

– Reviewed by Humphrey Astley – Catching Light, the debut pamphlet by Devon poet Helen Boyles, is unlikely to excite