Poetry – Page 20 – Sabotage

Serious Justice by Jen Calleja

August 8, 2016July 31, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Humphrey Astley, Jen Calleja, Serious Justice, Test Centre

– Reviewed by Humphrey Astley – I first encountered the poetry of Jen Calleja in an issue of Ambit magazine: I

Pamphlets Poetry

Çekoslovakyalilaştiramadiklarimizdanmisiniz or Long Words by Nia Davies

August 7, 2016July 31, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Asylum Seekers Support, Boiled String Chapbook Series, Çekoslovakyalilaştiramadiklarimizdanmisiniz or Long Words, Hafan Press, Nia Davies, Ryan Ormonde

– Reviewed by Ryan Ormonde – Long words betray a push-and-pull tension in speech: if used too frequently, they slow down comprehension.

Anthology Poetry

The Emma Press Anthology of Age edited by Sarah Hesketh

August 7, 2016August 9, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Aileen Ballantyne, Amy McAuley, angela topping, Anja Konig, Bridget Mackenzie, Doreen Ní Ghríofa, Emma Wright, Emma-Jane Hughes, Hilaire, Hugh Dunkerley, Isobel Dixon, Jane Burn, Jed Myers, Julia Bird, Lynn Hoffman, Oliver Comins, Robert Hamberger, Sarah Hesketh, Susan Taylor, The Emma Press, The Emma Press Anthology of Age

– Reviewed by Angela Topping – The Emma Press Anthology of Age is not so much about the problems of being

Kaleidoscope by Laura Taylor

August 6, 2016July 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Flapjack Press, Grant Tarbard, Kaleidoscope, Laura Taylor

– Reviewed by Grant Tarbard – Laura Taylor was born into a working-class family, and her whole body of work in

Pétroleuse by Steph Pike

August 6, 2016July 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Flapjack Press, Harry Buckoke, Pétroleuse, Steph Pike

– Reviewed by Harry Buckoke – In no bad way, I want to hear Pétroleuse spoken: the strong rhymes in poems

Pamphlets Poetry

Euclid’s Harmonics by Jonathan Morley

August 5, 2016July 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Euclid's Harmonics, Harry Buckoke, Ink Sweat & Tears, Jonathan Morley, Philemon Holland, translation

– Reviewed by Harry Buckoke – Euclid’s Harmonics is named after a lost text by the translator, physician and educator Philemon

Pamphlets Poetry

Blueprints for a Minefield by Shauna Robertson

August 5, 2016July 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Blueprints for a Minefield, Fair Acre Press, James O'Leary, Shauna Robertson

– Reviewed by James O’Leary – “The day we met, I started work on the axe.” The opening poem of Shauna

Pamphlets Poetry

Ol Donyo Ebor: Climbing the Mountain by Luigi Marchini

August 4, 2016July 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Dementia UK, JPL, Luigi Marchini, Ol Donyo Ebor: Climbing the Mountain, self-publishing

– Reviewed by JPL – Of all self-published books, Ol Donyo Ebor: Climbing the Mountain is the one to buy, a too-rare

Anthology Poetry

Best British Poetry 2015 edited by Emily Berry

August 4, 2016August 8, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Alex MacDonald, Aria Aber, Astrid Alben, Best British Poetry 2015, Emily Berry, Jesse Darling, Kit Buchan, Luke Kennard, Rachael Allen, Salt, Selima Hill, Sophie Mayer

– Reviewed by Jenna Clake – In her introduction to Best British Poetry 2015, Emily Berry states that when she was

Anthology Poetry

The Chronicles of Eve edited by Ellie Danak, Sarah Miles & Wendy Pratt

August 3, 2016August 9, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Autumn Konopka, Carole Bromley, Claire Walker, Ellie Danak, Feminism, Gill Lambert, John Foggin, Karen Dennison, Karen Little, Kate Garrett, Paper Swans Press, Rachel Nix, Sarah James, Sarah Miles, Steve Nash, The Chronicles of Eve, Victoria Gatehouse, Wendy Pratt

– Reviewed by Steve Nash – Paper Swans Press’ The Chronicles of Eve, edited by Ellie Danak, Sarah Miles, and