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Jul 2, 20233 min read
Review: THE PLUMB LINE by Hélène Demetriades
The Plumb Line by Hélène Demetriades was the joint winner of the Hedgehog Press Full Fat Poetry Collection Competition 2020. It’s an...
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makeswordswork
Oct 26, 20214 min read
Review: NEW POET'S PRIZE from The Poetry Business
..Young poets impress… This is a whistle-stop tour of the New Poets List. The New Poets List is an imprint of The Poetry Business,...
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makeswordswork
Oct 6, 20213 min read
Review: A SQUARE OF SUNLIGHT by Meg Cox
Human nature and experience transcend class boundaries in this collection. The first poem, ‘A Square of Sunlight’, takes the reader on a...
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makeswordswork
Sep 29, 20212 min read
Review: THE TAKING PART by Joe Williams
"... individual poems stand out as brilliant…" In The Taking Part, Joe Williams collects together a mixed bag of poems about sport, games...
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makeswordswork
Sep 28, 20213 min read
Review: A TRIPTYCH OF BIRDS & A FEW LOOSE FEATHERS by Pratibha Castle
"... a collection to have and to keep hold of." Birds fly though Castle’s debut collection of poetry - recurring motifs of freedom and...
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makeswordswork
Jul 6, 20213 min read
Review: THIRD EYE RISING by Murzban F Shroff
"... this is a joyous, optimistic collection… " This third anthology by Shroff, packed with clever, tightly crafted morality tales,...
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makeswordswork
Jun 25, 20212 min read
Review: BEAUTIFUL NOWHERE by Louisa Campbell
"... she really makes her poems pop (...) by showing the tiny details in larger situations…" Louisa Campbell is a poet from Kent,...
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makeswordswork
Jun 9, 20213 min read
Review: YOU'RE PRETTY GAY by Drew Pisarra
"... splendid, bizarre, baffling short story collection…" Truth is a fluid construct in this splendid, bizarre, baffling short story...
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makeswordswork
May 10, 20214 min read
Review: TALKING TO STANLEY ON THE TELEPHONE by Michael Schmidt
"... a slim, pleasing volume in every way…" Michael Schmidt’s new collection of poetry Talking to Stanley on the Telephone is a slim,...
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makeswordswork
Mar 24, 20213 min read
Review: SONIC WHITE POISE by Patrick Cotter
"Packed with tiny details that linger and demand close, careful reading… " “I know I’m having trouble making you believe this”, Patrick...
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makeswordswork
Mar 23, 20212 min read
Review: A COMMONPLACE: APPLES, BRICKS & OTHER PEOPLE’S POEMS by Jonathan Davidson
"A comforting feeling of togetherness and the interconnectedness of poetry and life… " A Commonplace is a collection of poems in...
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makeswordswork
Jan 16, 20212 min read
Review: WOLF PLANET by Oz Hardwick
"Each phrase rolls past like the seasons, resisting meaning, yet when seen as a whole making absolute, intangible, sense..." Oz...
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