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Leafe Press was launched at a reading in Nottingham in 2000 and has published a wide range of poetry. Editor: Alan Baker
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@ianseedauthor.bsky.social's newest book, Forgetfulness, published by Shearsman, is officially out and he will be launching it tomorrow in London. To get you in the mood for it (and his waiting-for-you SP book), read this short interview published with Ian by the RLF.

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My Writing Life: Ian Seed
"I wish someone had told me about the importance of being part of a community... I had too many pseudo-romantic ideas about poets in garrets."
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January 12, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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"...a virtual reality version of a worldwide journey"

Steve Spence reviews “Faunistics - a collection of wild haiku and illustrations” by R.C. Thomas:

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Review - "Faunistics - a collection of wild haiku and illustrations" by R.C. Thomas
Steve Spence “Faunistics  - a collection of wild haiku and illustrations” by R.C. Thomas, pub.  R.C. Thomas Things 2024. 135pp. £9.99   ...
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January 11, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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Andrew Duncan reviews “Silk Work “ by Imogen Cassels, pub. @prototypepubs.bsky.social:

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Review - "Silk Work" by Imogen Cassells
Andrew Duncan A Lover’s Prayer “Silk Work “ by Imogen Cassels, pub. Prototype Publishing. 2025. 69 pp., £12.99 If we start with the textile,...
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January 11, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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"Peter Hughes’s language sketches his movement from personal recollection and historical echoes to an embracing of the shifting textures of place..."

Ian Brinton reviews "Drawn" by Peter Hughes, pub. @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social

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Review - "Drawn" by Peter Hughes
Ian Brinton "Drawn" by Peter Hughes, pub. Broken Sleep. 78pp. £10.99 The back cover of Peter Hughes’s new selection of poems and drawings...
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January 11, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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"it succeeds in creating a lyricism that synthesises all its disparate sources. In that respect at least, it's a remarkable achievement."

“Apropos Paradise Square: On a Literature of Consolation” by Ágnes Lehóczky, pub. @pamenarpress.bsky.social:

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Review - "Apropos Paradise Square" by Ágnes Lehóczky
Alan Baker “Apropos Paradise Square: On a Literature of Consolation” by Ágnes Lehóczky , pub. Pamenar Press. 109pp. £15.00 The book contai...
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December 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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"The sense of this work is much bigger than I am conveying here, more multi-faceted and fluid..."

Simon Collings reviews Linda Kemp's new Leafe Press book:

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Review - “The Moral Theology of the Devil/Clothed with the Sun” by Linda Kemp
Simon Collings “The Moral Theology of the Devil/Clothed with the Sun” by Linda Kemp, pub. Leafe Press. 37pp. £9.00 Linda Kemp’s pamphlet-l...
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December 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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"The man on the phone doesn’t care
that I heard of your passing."

A poem for John Lucas by Troy Cabida:

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Troy Cabida - Poem for John Lucas
Troy Cabida Ambient        After John Lucas The man on the phone doesn’t care that I heard of your passing. He called the library to ask for...
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December 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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"I don’t look at the sea
and ask what it means. I’m not interested
in poetry. I never gave up
sugar in tea."

Three poems by Julie Lumsden:

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Julie Lumsden - Three Poems
Julie Lumsden Crone ( using a line by Ezra Pound ) You may say that she has the power to walk     invisible, although her face and opinions ...
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December 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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"In Martyn Crucefix’s volume there is a humble awareness of the passing of time which does not resolve itself into an easily achieved sense of regret."

Ian Brinton reviews Martin Crucefix:

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Review - “Walking Away” by Martyn Crucefix
Ian Brinton “Walking Away” by Martyn Crucefix, pub. Dare-Gale Press. 28pp. £8.00   Language most shewes a man: speake that I may see the...
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November 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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"These texts are a humane response to this ravaged landscape and to the experience of living through a pandemic..."

Litter reviews "Black Fens Viral" by Frances Presley, pub. @ShearsmanBooks

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Review - Black Fens Viral by Frances Presley
Alan Baker “Black Fens Viral” by Frances Presley, pub. Shearsman, 87pp. £12.95 There are few places on the planet that have not been radic...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Poems, prose meditations and photography on the subject of ecology and the climate crisis:
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PBLJ 11.5 – guest-edited by Paul Robert — Poetry Birmingham
PBLJ 11.5 – guest-edited by Paul Robert
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November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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"collapse into invention
tumbling chords and curling notes"

Poems from Tone Poem: Starlight and Stardust, by Robert Sheppard:

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Robert Sheppard Poems from Tone Poem: Starlight and Stardust                        for Jazz Ian Perry Ant Law and Alex Hitchcock, Same Moon...
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November 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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"In the haunting world of Kelvin Corcoran’s language the names of the Chorus of Orphans are ‘whispered along the migrant routes.’"

Ian Brinton reviews "Under Tainaron" by Kelvin Corcoran:

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November 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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"What I love about this work is the way in which a combined interest in art and science can suggest the interconnectedness of things and provide a rich foundation for poetry..."

Steve Spence reviews Elena Brake:

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November 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
leafepress.bsky.social
"Why did it run under the fence
and into the dog’s path
when it had a whole field behind it?"

Four poems by Biljana Scott:

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Biljana Scott - Four Poems
Biljana Scott Before we move on We sip and catch up. Always at the same moment teasers and laughter over the kitchen counter when my apron c...
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October 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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"The collection is extremely powerful and leaves one with the question as David Caddy puts it ‘Can the land afford a farm’ or ‘has the farm already been bought’."

Litter reviews "Buying The Farm" by Elize O'toole, pub.@ShearsmanBooks :

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October 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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"Everything about the artist’s movements suggested that for her life wasn’t a dreamy happenstance..."

New poetry from Lila Matsumoto:

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Lila Matsumoto - Poem
Lila Matsumoto Enclosed garden in late spring  Upon arriving at the venue, the artist asked if she could help herself to the food that was...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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New from Leafe Press: "The Moral Theology Of The Devil / Clothed With The Sun" by Linda Kemp". 38 pages. £9.00

"Seeded from Thomas Merton’s contemplations, this open-ended text invites the reader into participation in the creation of meaning."

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October 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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September 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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"Magnificent critiques of strange beliefs..."

Three new poems by Rupert Loydell:

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Rupert Loydell - Three Poems
Rupert Loydell Reality will Result To support verbal suggestions and instructions, time is visualized as a huge wheel in the universe. ...
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September 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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"...by virtue of combining the poet’s invention and imagination and wit, these horses ignite the reader’s imagination."

Martin Stannard discusses a poem by Paul Violi:

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Martin Stannard - on Paul Violi’s poem, ‘EXACTA’
Martin Stannard on Paul Violi’s ‘EXACTA’ This little essay could easily be called “Why I Am Not A Scholar”, for in attempting to write about...
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September 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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"The fact that things break is always a part of their function. I hope I have not caused pain. I wish I could feel it instead of you."

Two poems in the form of psalms from Rob Kiely:

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Rob Kiely - Two Psalms
Rob Kiely from 'Psalms' pillows What would the moro-reflex in language be? It’s amazing how quickly living by the sea becomes impossible. Be...
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September 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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"Sound becomes sight and the haunting circles move outwards."

Ian Brinton discusses the new collection of poetry by Ric Hool:

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Ian Brinton - A talk given at the launch of Ric Hool’s Shook Up!
Ian Brinton A talk given at the launch of Ric Hool’s latest publication from Red Squirrel Press, Shook Up! Stubbing the toe or a question of...
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September 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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#FF It’s National Lemon Juice Day. To celebrate, give some ❤️ and a follow to these publications in the lit community that begin with “L” and “J”:
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@jackanapespress.bsky.social
@laststanzapoetry.bsky.social
@jacklegpress.bsky.social
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Cont ⬇️
August 30, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Good to see more of these wonderful Psalm poems from Alan Baker @leafepress.bsky.social and looking forward to a collection. These two in the current Tears in the Fence
September 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM