Poetry Reviews

Poetry review: Running Upon The Wires // Personal, evocative, and wonderfully sapphic

Author: Kate Tempest Pages: 64 Edition: UK paperback Publication date: 6th September 2018 (UK) Read: 14th – 15th September 2018 Rating:   CW: Sex and discussions of a sexual nature. Award-winning writer, spoken-word star, and spellbinding performer Kate Tempest’s raw and exhilarating new collection is a heart-breaking, moving, and joyous book about the experience of love… Continue reading Poetry review: Running Upon The Wires // Personal, evocative, and wonderfully sapphic

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Poetry review: Milk and Honey

Author: Rupi Kaur Pages: 204 Edition: E-book Publication Date: 17th November 2014 Read: April 25th – April 26th 2018 Rating:  milk and honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival. It is about the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity. It is split into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different… Continue reading Poetry review: Milk and Honey

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Poetry anthologies I want to read this year

Last year I read four poetry anthologies, and all four were poignant and intense. I really enjoyed all of them and they reignited my love of poetry enough that I wish I’d managed to read more. So this year I’m making a concerted effort to pick up more collections, and these are a few at… Continue reading Poetry anthologies I want to read this year

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Blogmas Day 13: Poetry I’ve enjoyed this year

One of my goals at the beginning of 2017 was to read more poetry, and I’m pleased that I managed to pick up some excellent anthologies throughout the year. Also, they are ALL BY WOMEN. *air punch* Hold Your Own by Kate Tempest This is without doubt the best poetry anthology I’ve ever read. Bar none. I’d… Continue reading Blogmas Day 13: Poetry I’ve enjoyed this year

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Poetry ARC review: Plum by Hollie McNish

Author: Hollie McNish Pages: 80 Edition: E-arc Publication date: 15th June 2017 Read: 19th May – 9th June Rating:  *Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.* ‘Remember that not everyone gets to have grey hairs. Ever. It’s a privilege you should not be moaning… Continue reading Poetry ARC review: Plum by Hollie McNish