Posts Tagged ‘book review’
Review: Wind on the Heath: new and selected poems by Naomi Beth Wakan
Wind on the Heath: new and selected poems by Naomi Beth Wakan Shanti Arts Publishing, Brunswick, Maine 2020 Softcover, 219 pages, ISBN 978-1-951651-55-8 $18.95 USD www.shantiarts.com Plato said, ‘the…
Read MoreOne Poem – A Review of A Beautiful Stone: Poems and Ululations by Lynda Monahan and Rod Thompson
Reviewed by Louise Carson After reading A Beautiful Stone, and then the poem on the back cover – ‘Following the Way’ – four stanzas, eight lines – it occurred to…
Read MoreReview of DREAM FRAGMENTS by Mirabel
Reviewed by Catherine Morrison DREAM FRAGMENTS is an incredible collection of poems that bring readers into her mind, experiencing the vibrant and intimate thoughts she experiences in her sleep. A…
Read MoreMeditations on Steffler’s Forty-One Pages
Review of Forty-One Pages: On Poetry, Language and Wilderness by John Steffler Reviewed by Antony Di Nardo In his latest book, Forty-One Pages: On Poetry, Language and Wilderness, a…
Read MoreUnhappy, Women Write Poems: A review of Folding Laundry on Judgment Day by Miller Adams
Reviewed by Louise Carson This was a difficult book to read. Not because the poems are inaccessible, or boring, or ugly, but because they are so sad. It’s a book…
Read MoreReview of Devolution by Kim Goldberg
reviewed by Carole Mertz. Kim Goldberg writes surrealistic poetry that sometimes incorporates formal poetic forms. Many of the 60 poems in this collection use animals or anthropomorphic beings to convey…
Read MoreMusic, Art, Mortality – A Review of Sue Chenette’s Clavier, Paris, Alyssum
Reviewed by Louise Carson. I must have been feeling a bit rebellious the morning I picked up Sue Chenette’s recent collection Clavier, Paris, Alyssum, and, reading out of order (shocking!),…
Read MoreIn the 4 a.m.: A Review of Arleen Paré’s Earle Street
Reviewed by Clayton Longstaff two women together alone in the luminous house When you look out your window, what do you see? Are there trees? (how many?) Birds?…
Read MoreThat Sinking Feeling: in the broken boat with Daniela Elza
Reviewed by Louise Carson. It was with a sinking feeling in my gut that I started to read Daniela Elza’s the broken boat. Oh no. The end of a marriage.…
Read MoreOf Light: A Review of Jude Neale’s Impromptu
Reviewed by Cynthia Sharp First Published by The Miramichi Reader Jude Neale encouraged me to write with her through National Poetry Month and I caught the fever, her own original prompts…
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