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HIGH NOWHERE reviewed on The Friday Poem

Reviewing in The Friday Poem, Maggie MacKay writes: ‘These are the sort of poems that Roger Robinson calls “empathy machines”.’ [In an interview with The Guardian in 2020, Robinson said “Poets can touch hearts and minds; they can translate trauma into something people can face. Sometimes there’s a cost for the poet to do that as it takes looking at the trauma right in the face and … Continue reading HIGH NOWHERE reviewed on The Friday Poem

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What I’ve Been Reading: Carol Caffrey

The Untethered Space by Carol Caffrey (4Word Press, 2020) Carol Caffrey’s first pamphlet is striking for its powerful acknowledgement of grief. But it’s also full of music, and in its expressiveness is deeply moving, offering only the most generous response to life’s sorrows. The pamphlet is organised into sections headed by Italian commands to the musician – Cantabile, Furiosa, Con Brio and so on. These … Continue reading What I’ve Been Reading: Carol Caffrey

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