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.
Showing posts with label 'In the hollow of the wave'. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 'In the hollow of the wave'. Show all posts

Saturday, 31 January 2026

"In the hollow of the wave" by Nina Mingya Powles (Nine arches press, 2025)

Poems from Poetry Review, Magma, etc

Beyond me. I liked "Snow fragment", "Dog-hearted" and "Blue trees".

Other reviews

  • Rebecca Tamas (The book also deftly engages with the uneasy beauty of nature during a time of ecological crisis, drawing on her upbringing in Aotearoa New Zealand to create vividly unsettling images of a changing world)
  • Jade Cuttle (At first, the collection seems more interested in fabric than any form of terra firma. ... But then a shift – subtle but sure – towards more consequential themes occurs.)