Poetry
Reviews of books of or about poetry.
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Book review: ‘The Penguin Book of the Prose Poem’ by Jeremy Noel-Tod
An anthology of poems without line breaks.
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Book review: ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’ by Simon Armitage
An excellent alliterative translation of a medieval masterpiece.
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Book review: ‘Required Writing’ by Philip Larkin
Required reading.
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Book review: ‘The Keelie Hawk’ by Kathleen Jamie
Poems in Scots.
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Book review: ‘Wonder’ by Ana Sampson (ed.)
The Natural History Museum poetry book.
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Book review: ‘Where the Road Runs Out’ by Gaia Holmes
An enjoyable, comprehensible poetry collection.
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Book review: ‘Cairn’ by Kathleen Jamie
Magnificent short pieces about entering a new phase in one’s life.
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Book review: ‘The Tree House’ by Kathleen Jamie
Poetry grounded squarely in the real world.
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Book review: ‘Days Like These’ by Brian Bilston
An alternative guide to the year in 366 poems.
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Book review: ‘Unrecounted’ by W.G. Sebald & Jan Peter Tripp
Enigmatic Sebaldian poetry.
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Book review: ‘The Bonniest Companie’ by Kathleen Jamie
A wonderful collection of poems.
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