Literary reviews by Tim Love.
Warning: Rather than reviews, these are often notes in preparation for reviews that were never finished, or pleas for help with understanding pieces. See Litref Reviews - a rationale for details.

Sunday, 21 December 2025

"Walking on tiptoe" by Elizabeth Barrett (Staple, 1998)

Poems from Stand, London Magazine, Rialto, Envoi, etc.

Though I enjoyed the book as a whole, I wasn't knocked out by any particular poems. I preferred the second part (about her family - births and deaths) to the first, "Autumn in Georgia" being perhaps my favourite piece. Poems like "Tenner" don't grab me. "Ecclesall Woods" could easily be made into an excellent story, or Flash - the plot and symbolism is all there.

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