Author: Kathleen McPhilemy

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Sofia, Poetry

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'The horse and the rider are one,' said the flat-capped countryman who stood by the unpainted rail of the jumping enclosure. Lines in parallel boy's back and horse's as they rose in a perfect arc...

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At Home in the Community?

Kathleen McPhilemy thinks about what home means. For me, having a home is to have a place where I can be private, where I can feel safe and where I can have around me the...

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Sofia, Reviews

Review: The Windows of Graceland by Martina Evans

The Windows of Graceland: New and Selected Poems by Martina Evans. Carcanet, Manchester 2016. Pbk. 136 pages. £12.99. The delight of Martina Evans’ poetry lies in its story-telling; sometimes these stories are anecdotal as in...

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Sofia, Reviews

Review: Collected Poems by Carol Ann Duffy

Kathleen McPhilemy reviews Collected Poems by Carol Ann Duffy. Picador (London 2015). Hbk. 592 pages. £25. The poetry of Carol Ann Duffy is a bit like Nelson’s Column, so much a part of the landscape...

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Sofia, Reviews

American Sampler

In previous collections, Jane Duran has explored aspects of her past and in this new book, American Sampler, she rediscovers and celebrates her roots in America, and particularly New England. Some poems are based on...

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Sofia, Poetry

Orestes

Everyone who has been in a war even a small war, even at second hand, knows it has changed their life. Everyone who has been in a war knows how doors close, how borders are...

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