Poetry – Page 20 – Sabotage

Collected Poems by Sadakichi Hartmann, ed. by Floyd Cheung

September 13, 2016September 11, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Afric McGlinchey, Floyd Cheung, Imagism, Little Island Press, modernism, Sadakichi Hartmann, Symbolism

– Reviewed by Afric McGlinchey – Sadakichi Hartmann has been described as ‘one of the most intriguing and overlooked figures

Collaboration Pamphlets Poetry

Otmoor by David Attwooll & Andrew Walton

September 11, 2016September 11, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Andrew Walton, Black Poplar, David Attwooll, Katy Lewis Hood, Otmoor, Place

– Reviewed by Katy Lewis Hood – Otmoor traces a history of engagement with and within a particular place, combining

Collaboration Pamphlets Poetry

Handfast: Poetry Duets by Ruth Aylett & Beth McDonough

September 6, 2016September 5, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Beth McDonough, Collaboration, Collaborations, Emma Lee, Mother's Milk Books, Ruth Aylett

– Reviewed by Emma Lee – Handfast is a sequence of poetry duets, in which one poet writes on a theme which is

Magazine Poetry Short Stories

draft #1

September 3, 2016 Editor Anico Mostert, Cape Town, Julia Chaskalson, Laura Ritchie, Magdaleen du Toit, Marolize Southwood, Ruth de Cerff, South Africa

-Reviewed by Claire Trévien– draft is a new literary and fine art zine created by Magdaleen du Toit as a

Pamphlets Poetry

The Quilted Multiverse by Jill Munro

August 12, 2016August 10, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Charlie Baylis, Fair Acre Press, Jill Munro, The Quilted Multiverse

– Reviewed by Charlie Baylis – Jill Munro’s advice to new poets is “don’t give up the day job”, which

Pamphlets Poetry Saboteur Awards

Nothing Here is Wild, Everything is Open by Tania Hershman

August 11, 2016August 10, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter angela topping, Fool For Poetry Chapbook Prize, Nothing Here is Wild Everything is Open, Saboteur Awards 2016, Southword Editions, Tania Hershman

– Reviewed by Angela Topping – I first encountered Hershman’s work as a short story writer published by Salt. She

Pamphlets Poetry

All the Water all the Waves by Kallie Falandays

August 11, 2016August 10, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Afric McGlinchey, Andrew Miller, Carolyn Forché, Dancing Girl Press, Guillaume Apollinaire, Kallie Falandays, Prose Poetry

– Reviewed by Afric McGlinchey – According to Carolyn Forché, ‘One cannot transcend trauma. Trauma is trapped and clings to that

Pamphlets Poetry

The Muddy Banks by Michael S. Begnal

August 10, 2016May 1, 2017 Becky Varley-Winter Ghost City Press, Haniel Long, Michael S. Begnal, Peter O'Neill, The Muddy Banks

– Reviewed by Peter O’Neill – There is a wonderful similitude at work in Michael S. Begnal’s The Muddy Banks, between

Anthology Collaboration Poetry

Telephones, Love Hearts & Jellyfish by Winston Plowes

August 10, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Ekphrasis, Electric Press, Gaia Holmes, Maisy Howell, Ruth Robson-King, Surrealism, Winston Plowes

– Reviewed by Simon Zonenblick – The most surreal aspect of Winston Plowes‘ collection of ‘poetry of drinks’, Telephones, Love Hearts

Jam by Cliff Yates

August 9, 2016July 31, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Cliff Yates, Jam, Smith Doorstop, Stephen Payne, The Poetry Business

– Reviewed by Stephen Payne – For once, I agree enthusiastically with a cover blurb: “The poems are moving, surprising