by Poetry International | Sep 1, 2026 | In Real Time, Reviews, Uncategorized
Micro Book Reviews If completing this month’s Sealey challenge has left you wanting even more poetry to enjoy, check out these recently reviewed titles from New York Review Book’s Poets Series. Members of our production team share their insight on work... by Poetry International | Apr 27, 2026 | Frontpage-reviews, Uncategorized
Theophanies by Sarah Ghazal Ali Review by Olivia Kulczycky Brimming with birds, mirrors, and fig trees, Sarah Ghazal Ali’s debut poetry collection Theophanies compels us to bear witness—both to the titular appearances of God and to language’s capacity to veil and... by Poetry International | Apr 18, 2026 | Frontpage-reviews, Uncategorized
New Translations from the Persian, Polish, and Greek Our staff reviews recent titles from World Poetry Books Elegies of the Earth: Selected Poemsby Ahmad Shamloutranslated from the Persian by Niloufar Talebireviewed by Tammy C. Greenwood In Ahmad Shamlou’s Elegies of... by Alexis David | Nov 30, 2025 | Reviews
On An Anthology of Rain by Phillis Levin | reviewed by Alexis David Let’s start with the rain, “the passing of one drop / Gathering speed, one drop / Chasing another”—which means starting with the title poem of Phillis Levin’s new (and sixth) collection, “An Anthology... by Catherine Theis | Nov 11, 2025 | Reviews
Happenings: A Review of Once When Green by Mark Irwin Reviewed by Catherine Theis “We write the red book with our bodies, / and how the red book fits inside the green one we call life.” Like the great poets William Butler Yeats and Wallace Stevens, Mark Irwin... by Poetry International | Jun 19, 2025 | Reviews
The Right Hand by Christina Pugh Reviewed by Richard Holinger Christina Pugh’s new book of poetry, The Right Hand: Poems, might be labelled as well a collection of Zen koans, so compressed and taut the language and syntax of every line and stanza. Organized into two...