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Vivarium yellow book cover with black and white illustration of plants

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Vivarium by Maarja Partna, translated by Jayde Will

March 1, 2021March 17, 2021 Karen Goodwin Maarja Partna, Simon Zonenblick, The Emma Press

–Reviewed by Simon Zonenblick- Weaving in and out of remembered places, the poems seem to inhabit dream-like landscapes and dreams,

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Children of Grass Edited by B A Van Sise

November 19, 2019 Karen Goodwin B A Van Sise, Simon Zonenblick

-Reviewed by Simon Zonenblick- The beautifully presented Children of Grass is described in its foreword by actor Mary-Louise Parker as

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Little Climates by L.A. Johnson

December 16, 2017 Karen Goodwin Bull City Press, L.A.Johnson, Simon Zonenblick

-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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Off the Beaten Track: A Year In Haiku ed. by Boatwhistle Books

April 1, 2016April 11, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Boatwhistle Books, Bob Lucky, Christopher Herold, Éireann Lorsung, haiku, Hamish Ironside, Hugo Williams, Matthew Paul, Matthew Welton, Michael Dylan Welch, Off the Beaten Track: A Year In Haiku, senryu, Simon Zonenblick

– Reviewed by Simon Zonenblick – Off the Beaten Track purports to document a year in haiku, and is accordingly arranged

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A Fright of Jays by Marc Woodward

February 25, 2016February 23, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter A Fright of Jays, D. H. Lawrence, Maquette, Marc Woodward, menace, Simon Zonenblick

– Reviewed by Simon Zonenblick – Marc Woodward’s A Fright of Jays begins where many poetry collections might end

Speak the Unspeakable by Tim Ellis

February 24, 2016February 24, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Simon Zonenblick, Speak the Unspeakable, Tim Ellis

– Reviewed by Simon Zonenblick – Dead seas. Unbearable heat. No wildlife, no trees. Nothing to eat. Disease. Defeat. This

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Opting for Glaciers: Hove-to is a State of Mind by Mark Carson

January 27, 2016January 25, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Hove-to is a state of mind, Mark Carson, Simon Zonenblick, Wayleave Press

– Reviewed by Simon Zonenblick – Mark Carson hooked me on the opening page of this twelve poem collection, when

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In Memoriam: Poems of Bereavement introduced by Carol Ann Duffy

June 29, 2015June 27, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Adrian Mitchell, Bereavement, Billy Collins, Candlestick Press, Carol Ann Duffy, Catullus, Christina Rossetti, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, Edna St Vincent Millay, Elegy, Emily Brontë, Emily Dickinson, Faith Lawrence, Goethe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, In Memoriam: Poems of Bereavement, John McCrae, Laurence Binyon, Penelope Shuttle, Robert Burns, Simon Zonenblick, Sue Millard, Thomas Gray, William Shakespeare

– Reviewed by Simon Zonenblick – In Memoriam includes a considerable number of poems which are so well known that

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Ten Poems From Wales, ed. by Gillian Clarke

June 14, 2015June 14, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Alun Lewis, Anthony Conran, Candlestick Press, Gillian Clarke, Hedd Wyn, Paul Henry, R. S. Thomas, Robert Mchinnick, Samantha Wynne Rhydderch, Simon Zonenblick, Ten Poems from Wales

– Reviewed by Simon Zonenblick – Gillian Clarke’s presentation of Ten Poems From Wales, spanning fourteen centuries, is actually a selection

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Larach by John Foggin

February 15, 2015February 15, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter John Foggin, Simon Zonenblick, Ward Wood Publishing

–Reviewed by Simon Zonenblick – The title poem of John Foggin’s chapbook explains that ‘Larach’ is Gaelic for a place that