The Lake
The Lake

The Lake

 

  

 

“All of writing is a huge lake. There are great rivers that feed the lake, like Tolstoy or Dostoyevsky. And then there are mere trickles, like Jean Rhys. All that matters is feeding the lake. I don't matter. The lake matters. You must keep feeding the lake.”      Jean Rhys

 

Inspired by Jean Rhys’ imperative, The Lake is dedicated to publishing all forms of poetry by new and established poets, highlighting the best of contemporary poetry and reviewing the best of the new books.  

 

 

February Contributors

Peter Cashorali, Mike Dillon, Catherine Edmunds, Angela France, Martha Ellen Johnson, 

Tom Kelly, Kate Noakes, Marion Oxley, Jenny Robb, Kerry Ryan,

 Hannah Stone, A. R. Williams.

 

Reviews

David Mark Williams reviews Roger McGough’s Collected Poems: 1959-2024.

Hannah Stone reviews Bob Beagrie’s Romanceros.

Charles Rammelkamp reviews Oksana Maksymchuk’s Still City.

J. R. Solonche reviews Stephen Cramer’s Shakespeare Redacted.

 

One Poem Reviews

Mridul Dasgupta, Sarah Dixon, Alan Price.

Reviewed in future issues:

 

New email address: poetry@thelakepoetry.co.uk

It's not easy getting a book or pamphlet accepted for review these days. So in addition to the regular review section, the One Poem Review feature will allow more poets' to reach a wider audience - one poem featured from a new book/pamphlet along with a cover JPG and a link to the publisher's website. Contact the editor if you have released a book/pamphlet in the last twelve months or expect to have one published.

Reviewed in this issue