SOUTH on The End
21st March 2023
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This is a compelling, thought provoking set of 31 poems, mostly unpunctuated, short and punchy, often in couplets. The tone clearly set by the cover
Gareth Writer-Davies
Hawthornden Fellow (2019). Shortlisted for the Bridport Prize (2014 and 2017) and the Erbacce Prize (2014). Commended in the Prole Laureate Competition (2015) and Prole Laureate for 2017. Commended in the Welsh Poetry Competition (2015) and Highly Commended in 2017
Runner up, Cambrian Mountains Society Poetry Competition 2023.
His pamphlet ‘Bodies’, was published in 2015 followed by ‘Cry Baby’ in 2017, ‘The Lover’s Pinch’ in 2018, ‘The End’ in 2019 and Wysg in 2022
He’s a retired gardener and lives near Brecon.
“…𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆.”
Melissa Todd, The Journal #68
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Reviews
The Journal on Wysg
18th February 2023
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“…𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆.” A review to die for. Gareth Writer-Davies’ “Wysg”. Thanks to Sam Smith,
Confluence on The End
21st March 2020
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This slim volume of poetry is an intelligent and darkly humorous collection that touches its toe to the edge of an end that waits for
The High Window on The End
9th February 2020
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In choosing what could be the spectacularly ill-advised collection title of ‘The End’ (‘God was I glad to reach …..’), Writer-Davies has set out his stool in terms of bravery before the reader has even opened the first page.
Sphinx Review on The End
20th November 2019
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This is a pamphlet that hits hard with its uncompromising title and gloomy cover image of an ancient church among headstones.
London Grip on The End
20th November 2019
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Both the title and the photograph of a graveyard on the cover leave us in no doubt about the subject matter of this pamphlet.
Confluence Magazine on The Lover’s Pinch
27th February 2019
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Two things to make a great poetry collection review:
#1 Comparison to the great Ivor Cutler and
#2 when the reviewer says simply “Get it”.
Greta Stoddart on The Lover’s Pinch
7th November 2018
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“Reading these poems you could say that the love poem is alive and, if not kicking, then beautifully stretching out its long limbs and casting a cool and appraising eye on both the beloved and the lover.
Pulsar Poetry on The Lover’s Pinch
7th November 2018
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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.
John Gohorry on The Lover’s Pinch
7th November 2018
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The Lover’s Pinch is Gareth Writer-Davies’ first full-length collection of poems, following his two pamphlets Bodies (2015) and Cry Baby (2017).
Journal #55 on The Lover’s Pinch
22nd October 2018
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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.
