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Showing posts with label poetry. Show all posts
8 Mar 2026

In Defence of Stephen Alexander's 'Fragments of Glass' (2006) - by May Spear

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Costas Varotsos:  Dromeas  (1994) Glass and iron sculpture (Athens, Greece)  Photo: Stephen Alexander (2006)       I.    Recently, a cutting...
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2 Mar 2026

Reflections on Two Recent Poetry Collections by Simon Armitage 1: Dwell (2025)

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Simon Armitage:  Dwell   (Faber & Faber, 2025) Jetzt wär es Zeit, die tiere träten / aus bewohnten Dingen ...   I.    As a Heideggerian,...
9 Dec 2025

Jean Baudrillard: Notes on a Biography by Emmanuelle Fantin and Bran Nicol (Part Two)

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Reworked front cover image to  Jean Baudrillard   by Emmanuelle Fantin and Bran Nicol  (Reaktion Books, 2025)   'Identity is a dream pat...
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6 Sept 2025

Re-entering the Circle of Fragments

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Self-portrait used for cover of  The Circle of Fragments   (Blind Cupid Press, 2010)     I.    The final book I published with Blind Cupid P...
5 Apr 2025

Oranges and Sardines: Reflections on Art & Poetry (Not Seafood & Citrus Fruit)

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Michael Goldberg: Sardines (1955)  oil and adhesive tape on canvas (80 3⁄4 x 66 in.)  Smithsonian American Art Museum     I.    Frank O...
1 Nov 2024

A Feisty Evening with Isobel Dixon, Douglas Robertson and D. H. Lawrence

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Isobel Dixon , Douglas Robertson & D. H. Lawrence     I.    A couple of nights ago, I went to the National Poetry Library - which, for ...
18 Apr 2024

On the Feral Poetry of Fran Lock

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  Fran Lock in human and hyena form     Fran Lock likes to describe her poetic practice as feral - by which she means "omnivorous, opp...
5 Jan 2024

The Perfect Poem (Adapted from Balzac's Short Story Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu)

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      "You may know your syntax thoroughly and make no blunders in your grammar,  but it takes that and something more to make a great...