New poetry for September: from tender and poignant to jokey and blokey
New Poetry for September reviewed by Mab Jones including Nick Fisk, Nadia Lines, Jessica Mookherjee, Sarah James and more
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New poetry for August: home, sanctuary and radical Welsh verse
Themes of home, sanctuary, belonging and uprising pervade Mab Jones’ chosen poetry picks this August.
WHEN MY BROTHER WAS AN AZTEC: ambitious poetry collection covers pain, poverty & pop culture
Originally published in 2013, When My Brother Was An Aztec serves to remind us of Natalie Diaz’s singular talent.
New poetry for June: Welsh summer special – Peter Finch, Dylan Thomas’ “bastard son” & Swansea dialects
From Peter Finch to poems written in the Swansea dialect, Mab Jones finds much to celebrate on the home front, poetry-wise, this June.
New poetry for May: lockdown prompts, emblemists & poems from cows
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
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.
New poetry for January – Lauren Thomas’ ode to Welsh landscapes + What Would Love Smell Like?
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
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
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.
Polly Atkin, Patrick Jones, Tôpher Mills and more – NEW POETRY COLUMN: OCTOBER | FEATURE
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.
NEW POETRY COLUMN: SEPTEMBER | FEATURE
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
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.