Poetry review – HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: A first collection by Chris Bullock is enlivened by some sharp and surprising insights  

  Poetry review – GAMES OF SOLDIERS: Thomas Ovans enjoys being teased and perplexed by the prose-poems of Mary Michaels  

  Poetry review – CROWS AT DUSK: Thomas Ovans enjoys a reflective walk through the seasons in the company of James Roderick Burns  

The Plague Diaries and beyond: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs looks at two poetry ventures involving John Forth & Paul McLoughlin  

Poetry review – CELL: Nick Cooke takes a serious look at the very serious themes addressed in a powerful new collection by Ruth O’Callaghan

Poetry review – SONNETS FOR MY MOTHER AS LEAR: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs is impressed by Martin Malone’s poems about the challenges of caring for an elderly parent  

Poetry review – BREATHING: Gareth Writer-Davies find that there is much to read between the lines of David Van-Cauter’s poetry  

Poetry review- THE INVISIBLE MAN’S TAILOR: Neil Elder welcomes an unusual and original debut collection from Patrick Meeds