Humorous memoir from the future Poet Laureate.
Reviews: Poetry
Reviews of books of (or about) poetry.
Book review: ‘The Fire of Joy’ by Clive James
Roughly eighty poems to get by heart and say aloud.
Book review: ‘The Overhaul’ by Kathleen Jamie
A fantastic poetry collection.
Book review: ‘After Nature’ by W.G. Sebald
Three long-form poems, best read as prose.
Book review: ‘Somewhere Becoming Rain’ by Clive James
Collected writings on Philip Larkin.
Book review: ‘Across the Land and the Water’ by W.G. Sebald
Selected poems, 1964–2001.
Book review: ‘Ness’ by Robert Macfarlane & Stanley Donwood
A haunting prose-poem (I think).
Book review: ‘Selected Poems’ by Kathleen Jamie
A highly enjoyable poetry collection.