Adam Horovitz on River Lane
Simon Cockle has a sharp, unsentimental eye for detail that is equally at home exploring nature as it is myth and the minutiae of the modern world.
Simon Cockle has a sharp, unsentimental eye for detail that is equally at home exploring nature as it is myth and the minutiae of the modern world.
The title poem of Simon Cockle’s rich and engaging first collection of poems has a number of features which point to distinctive features of the whole.
River Lane is the work of a writer who has found his stride. With peripatetic poems of family and place we travel with him via striking images and sharp observation to poems of humour and serious intent.
This is a collection of poems solely on the subject of love and sex. That may sound like a cliché, but to be honest, it's as refreshing as a stand-up comedian who tells actual jokes.
The Lover’s Pinch is Gareth Writer-Davies’ first full-length collection of poems, following his two pamphlets Bodies (2015) and Cry Baby (2017).
A copy of The Journal - Issue #55 - landed in our letterbox last week. Within was a splendid review of Gareth Writer-Davies' The Lover's Pinch.
We're proud to announce the launch of our latest product: a first poetry collection by Brecon based Gareth Writer-Davies. Shortlisted for the Bridport Prize (2014 and 2017) and the Erbacce…