buzz poetry review

New poetry for June: Welsh summer special – Peter Finch, Dylan Thomas’ “bastard son” & Swansea dialects

June 28, 2022

From Peter Finch to poems written in the Swansea dialect, Mab Jones finds much to celebrate on the home front, poetry-wise, this June.

Region: Wales-Wide

New poetry for May: lockdown prompts, emblemists & poems from cows

May 26, 2022

Zen koans, true spellcasters, new visions of reality, transmutations of the everyday and, in one case, a lot of cow talk. It's all in Mab Jones' monthly poetry column.

New poetry for April: uplifting verse in LITTLE DEAD RABBIT & documenting disability in 163 DAYS

April 28, 2022

Mab Jones is back with another brace of poetry reviews for April, from Astrid Alben's Little Dead Rabbit to Hannah Hodgson's 163 Days.

Region: South Wales

New poetry for January – Lauren Thomas’ ode to Welsh landscapes + What Would Love Smell Like?

January 25, 2022

In Mab Jones' first poetry column of the year, Welsh poet Lauren Thomas pens love letters to her home landscape, and SK Grout ponders What Would Love Smell Like.

SAFETY IN NUMBERS collects sparky poems full of warmth & wit

November 17, 2021

Hailed as "the patron saint of poetry," Roger McGough is on fine form in his latest fantastic collection, Safety In Numbers.

ALL THE MEN I NEVER MARRIED: searing ‘everyday sexism’ testimonies everyone should read

November 10, 2021

A series of personal testimonies which stand witness to ‘everyday sexism,’ Kim Moore's All The Men I Never Married is sharp, searing and honest.

Region: South Wales

Polly Atkin, Patrick Jones, Tôpher Mills and more – NEW POETRY COLUMN: OCTOBER | FEATURE

October 28, 2021

Mab Jones serves up a Welsher than usual selection of poetry this month, with best-ofs by south Wales faves Patrick Jones and Tôpher Mills, among others.

Region: Wales-Wide

NEW POETRY COLUMN: SEPTEMBER | FEATURE

September 27, 2021

Mab Jones’ latest appreciation of verse opens with an appreciation of Wordsworth – William’s sister Dorothy that is – but never fear, it’s still new! And it’s, as Mab says of her first subject, “a sheer joy to read”.

NEW POETRY COLUMN: JULY | FEATURE

July 23, 2021

Welcome to the first of Buzz’s monthly roundups of fine independent poetry! Welsh, British and international verse will feature in here, selected and appraised by our writer with her ear to the poetic ground, Mab Jones.

New poetry for June: Welsh summer special – Peter Finch, Dylan Thomas’ “bastard son” & Swansea dialects

New poetry for May: lockdown prompts, emblemists & poems from cows

New poetry for April: uplifting verse in LITTLE DEAD RABBIT & documenting disability in 163 DAYS

New poetry for January – Lauren Thomas’ ode to Welsh landscapes + What Would Love Smell Like?

SAFETY IN NUMBERS collects sparky poems full of warmth & wit

ALL THE MEN I NEVER MARRIED: searing ‘everyday sexism’ testimonies everyone should read

Polly Atkin, Patrick Jones, Tôpher Mills and more – NEW POETRY COLUMN: OCTOBER | FEATURE

NEW POETRY COLUMN: SEPTEMBER | FEATURE

NEW POETRY COLUMN: JULY | FEATURE

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