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6 Poetry Books That I Have Been Reading and I Think you Might Like Too

I have been privileged to have read some very good poetry books recently. I love how much reading poetry can inspire my own poetry. I want to highlight some of the books I have been reading.

The Kids by Hannah Lowe

Rotten Days in Late Summer by Ralf Webb

Teeth at the Back of my Neck by Monika Radojevic

Pandemonium by Andrew McMillan

Swallowtail by Brenna Twohy

Hera Lindsay Bird by Hera Lindsay Bird

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July 27, 2022

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Book Review. Bantam by Jackie Kay.
‘it was boys like the Bantams

– wee men named efter

sma’ chickens,’

In Bantam is a sense of place – moors and Lochs, home, family – men in ours who fought in wars, language and individual battles. Love too, Diamond Colonsay is a beautiful poem. Bantam did not work for me as a whole, I liked certain poems.
```
what joy to see love endure, dears
to come down the stairs at Glassard
to overhear I love you John Kay
I love you Helen Kay

like a surprise honeymoon, Colonsay, 
the shimmering sea, the long day
the frank moon, the stars, the Milky Way
how the years slide away 

the seals slither off rocks to the bay
you sing every day to each other 
a ballad, blues, or bawdy number
love: naturally occurs. Hardy. 
```
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June 28, 2022

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Book Review. Universal Credit by Mike Watts.
```
it was always 
cold radiators, 
bruised fruit, 
a worry for the rent. 
```
I like the dedication ‘to inspiration, in all its forms’

Mike Watts creates poetry in Universal Credit (Wild Pressed Books) from relationships, being anchored to the present in a low paid job, and not having much, with metaphors of being a millionaire or a bird taking flight, and the therapeutic nature of writing itself.
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‘it can take a poem, 
just one good poem, 
to settle a storm, 
bring calm to the fury,’ 
```
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June 23, 2022

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Book Review. Happiness FM by Mary Dickins.

Internet, passwords

Writers and artists

A boss named Glenda and the questions asked by small children

are some of what you will find in Happiness FM by Mary Dickins (Burning Eye Books). Poetry on recognizable subjects, with a playful and witty tone. The poems are light hearted, still with plenty of grit to them.

Eco-Crime in Surrey, Savage Summer and Herstory Lesson were my favourite poems.

I love the front cover of Happiness FM as well.

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June 20, 2022

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Book Review. A Portable Paradise by Roger Robinson.
```
A Young Girl with a Dog and a Page Bartholomew Dandridge ca, 1725 oil on canvas 

perhaps because you and the dog have the same collar;
perhaps, not for the first time, 
you know you are less important than the dog 

a darkness in the background, 
a dark and ghostly presence
searing through history.
```
In A Portable Paradise (Peepal Tree Press), Roger Robinson writes of the Grenfell Tower fire, slavery, racism, human relationships, in connecting with others, and love. There’s so much love in these poems, and heart.

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June 10, 2022

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