-Reviewed by Emma Lee- Through the poems in Say, Sarala Estruch explores subjects such as losing a father as a
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– Reviewed by Peter O’Neill – There is a wonderful similitude at work in Michael S. Begnal’s The Muddy Banks, between
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– Reviewed by Simon Zonenblick – The most surreal aspect of Winston Plowes‘ collection of ‘poetry of drinks’, Telephones, Love Hearts
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– Reviewed by Stephen Payne – For once, I agree enthusiastically with a cover blurb: “The poems are moving, surprising
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– Reviewed by Humphrey Astley – I first encountered the poetry of Jen Calleja in an issue of Ambit magazine: I
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– Reviewed by Ryan Ormonde – Long words betray a push-and-pull tension in speech: if used too frequently, they slow down comprehension.
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– Reviewed by Angela Topping – The Emma Press Anthology of Age is not so much about the problems of being
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– Reviewed by Grant Tarbard – Laura Taylor was born into a working-class family, and her whole body of work in
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– Reviewed by Harry Buckoke – In no bad way, I want to hear Pétroleuse spoken: the strong rhymes in poems
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– Reviewed by Harry Buckoke – Euclid’s Harmonics is named after a lost text by the translator, physician and educator Philemon
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– Reviewed by James O’Leary – “The day we met, I started work on the axe.” The opening poem of Shauna
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