Terra Terra, David Lloyd, Magra Books, 2022, $10.00 The Harm Fields, David Lloyd, The University of Georgia Press, 2022, ISBN: 9-780-8203-6262-5, $19.95 Having just reviewed some of David Lloyd’s critical work, it’s with great pleasure that I turn to his recent poetry via these two recent publications. Terra Terra is the shorter of the two,… Continue reading

Messengers of the Macabre: Halloween Poems, LindaAnn LoSchiavo and David Davies, Audience Askew, October 2022, ISBN:‎ 979-8841254102, $9.99 Europe, Love Me Back, Rakhshan Rizwan, The Emma Press, Oct 2022, ISBN: 9781912915149, £8.99 this island still, Charlie Ulyatt, 571 Press, 2022, £4.50 On Hysteria, Nancy Kuhl , Shearsman Books, 2022, ISBN 9781848618367, £10.95 The Art of… Continue reading

Collected Poems Complete Set, Peter Finch (Ed. Andrew Taylor), Seren, 2022, ISBN: 9781781726709_9781781726716, £30.00 (individual vols £19.99 each) Peter Finch’s Collected Poems is a two volume set, with volume 1 covering 1968-1997 and the second 1997-2021. Running to almost 1,000 pages it is, in one sense, a monumental piece of work, as long as you… Continue reading

Butter Intervention, Ellen Dillon, Veer2 Publication 011, Veer2 Publication 011, February 2022, ISBN: 978-1-911567-30-1, £9.00 Gelpack Allegory, Robert Kiely, Veer, 2022, ISBN: 978-1-911567-35-6, £5.00 Beir Bua Press Anthology 2021, Beir Bua Press, 2022, ISBN: 9781914972560, EBook £3.00, print £10.00 Selected Text Art 2010-2020, Bruno Neiva, Hesterglock Press, 2021, ISBN: 9781739807108, £15.00 Arrangements, Eléna Rivera and… Continue reading

Riptide, Amanda Bell, Doire Press, 2021, ISBN: 978-1-907682-85-8, €12.00 Revolution, Amanda Bell, wildflower poetry press, 2021, ISBN: 979-8565843385, £6.00 Wintermoon, Robert MacLean, Isobar Press, 2022, ISBN 978-4-907359-39-3, £11.83 Amanda Bell’s Riptide is a mix of ‘conventional’ poems, haiku and haibun (or perhaps haibun-like texts) that makes for an interesting set of contrasts. As the title… Continue reading

Stone Mountain Fairy Shrimp, James Goodman, Guillemot Press, 2022, ISBN 978-1-913749-22-4, £12.00 YARN, Peter Dent, Leafe Press, 2021, ISBN: 978-1999945114, £9.00 Life Here is Full of Tomorrows, Mélisande Fitzsimons, Leafe Press, 2021, ISBN: 9781999945190, £8.00 The question of what ecopoetry, or an environmentally engaged poetry, might look like is, I think, extremely unresolved. Opinions range… Continue reading