Poetry – Page 57

The Charnel House by Tom de Freston et al.

September 27, 2014October 17, 2014 Editor Abegail Morley, Bridegedoor Press, George Szirtes, Hayden Westfield-Bell, Helen Mort, Jenny Lewis, Kaddy Benyon, Lydia Macpherson, Pascale Petit, Samir Guglami, The Charnel House, Tom de Freston

-Reviewed by Hayden Westfield-Bell– The Charnel House is difficult to describe; Freston himself categorises it as a kind of ‘poetic

Pamphlets Poetry

Strangeways by Ann Matthews

September 26, 2014 Editor Ann Matthews, Buzzcocks, Fiona Moore, The Fall, The Knives Forks and Spoons Press

-Reviewed by Fiona Moore– This is a book of verbal collages. The poems trace a North Manchester city-scape of decline

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An Eschatological Bestiary by Oz Hardwick

September 26, 2014September 25, 2014 Editor Dog Horn Publishing, Oz Hardwick, Steve Nash

-Reviewed by Steve Nash– An Eschatological Bestiary is not an easy pamphlet to define. The poet tells us that the

Magazine Poetry

Lunar Poetry #1

September 12, 2014September 12, 2014 Editor Bob Beagrie, Catherine Ann Cullen, Claire Trévien, D. S. West, David Clarke, David Grubb, Doghouse Books, Fanni Suto, Gary from Leeds, Gene Berry, Godefroy Dronsart, Hugh McMillan, Kirsten Irving, Lesley Burt, Lunar Poetry, Magdalena Wolak, Martyn Crucefix, Mary O Gorman, Paul McMenemy, Tim Wells, Wynn Wheldon, Zara Raab

-Reviewed by Zara Raab– Lunar Poetry earns its name in this first issue, full of tunes and nonsense, word play

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The Half-Life of Fathers by Vanessa Gebbie

September 12, 2014 Editor Bethany W. Pope, Pighog Press, Vanessa Gebbie

-Reviewed by Bethany W. Pope– Vanessa Gebbie’s debut collection, The Half –Life of Fathers, is a smooth, polished production

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Faber New Poets 12 by Declan Ryan

September 10, 2014September 18, 2014 Editor Alun Lewis, Declan Ryan, Edwin Muir, Faber & Faber, Ian Hamilton, Richard Wilbur, Richie McCaffery, Robert Lowell

-Reviewed by Richie McCaffery– I was recently reading a 1989 review of Richard Wilbur’s Collected Poems by Ian Hamilton in

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Alternative Beach Sports by Michelle Madsen

September 1, 2014 Editor Bakewell tart, Burning Eye Books, Michelle Madsen, Tom Weir

-Reviewed by Tom Weir– Alternative Beach Sports is the first collection by Michelle Madsen, a poet who has already made

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Dark Matter volumes 1 and 2

August 29, 2014August 30, 2014 Editor Aubrey Beardsley, Black Light Engine Room, Dark Matter, Jon Glasper, Julie Hogg, Mandy Maxwell, p.a. morbid, The Black Light Engine Room Press

-Reviewed by Penny Boxall– The yellow covers of these super-cute mini-collections are mysterious and inviting: think Aubrey Beardsley’s The Yellow Book,

Magazine Object Poetry Short Stories

Box[Ed.] #1

August 28, 2014August 28, 2014 Editor Alex Hough, Beau Jackson, Box[Ed.], Cathy Dreyer, Helen Theodoridou, Julia Fermentto, Julia Horeftari, MA University of Kent, Rathe Temple-Green, Tom Luck

-Reviewed by Cathy Dreyer– Box[Ed.], a new magazine from a group of MA students at Kent University’s School of English,

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Nasty Little Intro #8 by Carmina Masoliver

August 21, 2014 Editor C.A. LaRue, Carmina Masoliver, Nasty Little Press, She Grrrowls! Spoken Word, Xena Warrior Princess

-Reviewed by C.A. LaRue– If I had the technological skills, I would render this review wholly in GIF’s so that you