Annabel was entirely aware of the image-making process in every phase. She did not expect this personal image to last long in the public mind, for she intended to play other parts than that of the suppressed tiger, now that she was becoming an established star. Muriel Spark’s The Public Image was shortlisted for Read More
it held in its hand, the spirit, a dainty fern of solid gold, as all ferns were before God loved and made them green. (“The spirit crept outside the house at night”) When we think of poetry, we do not think of silence; we think of a page filled, a rhyme uttered or uttered. Yet Read More
I’m a poet who loves words loves people And believes some things Are worth getting angry about [.] Steve Pottinger, in his own words, is an angry poet. If you like your poetry with a cup of tea and a biscuit, look elsewhere. His latest collection, “more bees bigger bonnets” will shout at you, confront Read More
Sarah James’ Plenty-fish cannot be gulped in one go, slipping as it does magnificently around in the imagination, never quite solidly poetry, but fleshy and fresh. The seventy-one-piece collection contains poems of varying lengths – all semi-anecdotal and detailed accounts of everyday life. As a graduate in Modern Languages, James’ sense of poetic form is Read More
