I’d Better Let You Go, Nikki Dudley
Beir Bua Press, 2021 £5.99
An experimental poet’s view of dementia
This honest, open, and experimental pamphlet outlines the poet’s grandmother’s decline with ...
If All This Never Happened, Vicky Morris
Southword Editions, 2021 £6.00
The acceptance of a life
This collection of lyric poems is a chronological map of the poet’s life. It doesn’t shy away ...
What If?, June Hall
Grey Hen Press, 2021 £4.00
Lived experience crafted, contained, conveyed
This honest, open and crafted pamphlet outlines the poet’s journey following a diagnosis of early ...
Takeaway, Georgie Woodhead
New Poets List, 2021, Smith/Doorstop £5.00
Mixing the mundane with the life changing
This poet is a master at depicting how the everyday necessities of survival exist ...
Just Above the Waterline, Elizabeth Hare
Wayleave Press, 2021 £5.00
Poems from the detained
This neat, well-produced pamphlet draws on Elizabeth Hare’s work with refugees and also her own personal ...
The Last Dinosaur in Doncaster, Sarah Wimbush
Smith/Doorstop, 2021 £6.00
Finding humour in the bleak
This pamphlet covers Sarah Wimbush’s place — Doncaster. Sometimes employing the lyrical ...
Aloneness is a Many Headed Bird, Rosie Jackson and Dawn Gorman
The Hedgehog Press, 2020 £5.00
The power of co-creation, and women’s wisdom
This pamphlet is a joint creation from two established ...
Archway Sonnets, Kate Bingham
New Walk Editions, 2020 £5.00
Quietly noteworthy
This is a pamphlet of quiet noticing, starting with a poem noticing what’s been missed:
Over, the irises I must ...
The King Of The Lam, Greg Delanty
Southword Editions, 2020 £6.00
The bridge of friendship
This collection perfectly encapsulates the innocent magic and longevity of male friendship — a subject ...
Stone the Crows, Dilys Rose
Mariscat Press, 2020 £6.00
Finely crafted, witty observations
This is the perfect medicine for current times. Clever, observational and most of all amusing — a winning ...
... pressure and energy needed by the poet to keep the brain contained, keep it from going awry: uninstalling itself into another fugue — which is just what does happen in the closing poem.
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The casual pun
It’s easy to miss the wordplay in Faith Lawrence’s subtly-crafted short poems. There’s a slipperiness to the imagery and a simplicity here which lulls one into being ...
... interest, rather than the writing itself, which often lacks attention to detail. ‘Restaurant, Rio de Janeiro’ includes both “and” and “&”, adding to its note-like quality, while the penultimate line of ...
... pressure and energy needed by the poet to keep the brain contained, keep it from going awry: uninstalling itself into another fugue — which is just what does happen in the closing poem.
JaneThomas
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Stone the Crows, Dilys Rose
Mariscat Press, 2020 £6.00
Finely crafted, witty observations
This is the perfect medicine for current times. Clever, observational and most of all amusing — a winning ...
Just Above the Waterline, Elizabeth Hare
Wayleave Press, 2021 £5.00
Poems from the detained
This neat, well-produced pamphlet draws on Elizabeth Hare’s work with refugees and also her own personal ...
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JaneThomas
The casual pun
It’s easy to miss the wordplay in Faith Lawrence’s subtly-crafted short poems. There’s a slipperiness to the imagery and a simplicity here which lulls one into being ...
Takeaway, Georgie Woodhead
New Poets List, 2021, Smith/Doorstop £5.00
Mixing the mundane with the life changing
This poet is a master at depicting how the everyday necessities of survival exist ...
The King Of The Lam, Greg Delanty
Southword Editions, 2020 £6.00
The bridge of friendship
This collection perfectly encapsulates the innocent magic and longevity of male friendship — a subject ...