Category: Jean Atkin’s poetry

Jean Atkin's poetry

Poems From the Centre of the Night

It’s great to have a poem in this new pamphlet ‘The Witching Hour’, from Beautiful Dragons Press, put together by Rebecca Bilkau. It’s been a collaborative adventure with twelve poets and a photographer, to mark the night of Walpurga, the eve of May, the rush of spring. We each worked at a poem at midnight on 30th April, in locations ranging from Oregon in the … Continue reading Poems From the Centre of the Night

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Jean Atkin's poetry

A Small Flock of Reviews

‘Not Lost Since Last Time’ has been gathering some reviews during the summer… ‘The first thing to note about her poems is their specificity.  Whether it is the places of her childhood, or the rough seascapes of the northern isles, they are all recreated with precision and a vivid turn of phrase.  Secondly, there is their brevity; this contributes to their memorability.  Thirdly, there is … Continue reading A Small Flock of Reviews

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