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keith please firestrikes

The keenly crafted poems in this collection - all one hundred and

fifty of them - are erudite, clever and quietly knowing.

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helen mort a pint for the ghost

These poems are not only about the dead; they celebrate the heritage of the North – the local, working lives of Northern men and women. What’s more, they do it well.

todd swift mainstream love hotel

at the point when the boundaries between the mainstream and the experimental blur, Swift’s poems become truly spirited and involving.

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james bell fishing for beginners

Often amusingly anthropomorphic – and always knowing when he is being so – the poet never gets carried away by a poem, sharing with us his constant awareness of exactly what he is doing.

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marc swan simple distraction

There’s loss, death, sadness, the feelings raw, never self-indulgent nor intellectualised, but containing a tough, wry acceptance of happenstance.

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Ken Champion but black & white is better

Champion expertly dissects subtleties of the human psyche from unspoken language and behaviour.

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