Crying For No Reason by Kim Kyung Ju, translated by Jake Levine
– Reviewed by Jenna Clake – Kim Kyung Ju’s Wikipedia page states that he was once considered a ‘classical’ poet,
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Poetry
Sonnets by Noelle Kocot
– Reviewed by Jenna Clake – In Sonnets, Noelle Kocot turns the sonnet on its head until it is just recognisable (the
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I had some very slight concerns by Susannah Dickey
– Reviewed by Pat Edwards – Susannah Dickey’s I had some very slight concerns is a simple bright orange pamphlet with
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Stairs and Whispers: D/deaf and Disabled Poets Write Back, ed. by Sandra Alland, Khairani Barokka & Daniel Sluman
– Reviewed by David Mitchell – It would be impossible to provide an honourable mention for every poem and performance
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Scare Stories by David Clarke
– Reviewed by Becky Varley–Winter – David Clarke has occasionally written reviews for Sabotage, creating some mild conflict of interest;
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Little Climates by L.A. Johnson
-Reviewed by Simon Zonenblick– There are always signs we chose not to see, L.A. Johnson tells us in this stunningly
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She Grrrowls ed. by Carmina Masoliver
-Reviewed by Emma Lee- This anthology, edited by Carmina Masoliver, features ten poets who have performed at She Grrrowls in
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Dressing Up by Giles L. Turnbull
-Reviewed by Angela Topping- This is a fresh and readable debut pamphlet. Turnbull offers us pencil-sketches in words, of characters
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Find the Right Words (Upstairs at the Western, Leicester, 15 Nov 2017)
reviewed by Sally Jack A review of one of Leicester’s regular spoken word events, Find the Right Words (FTRW), is
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The Gathering Cloud by J. R. Carpenter
– Reviewed by Ryan Ormonde – The Gathering Cloud is a long poem in two parts, the second of which
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