Critical Commentary
Some Reviews of UK Poetry Collections
“Whether writing from the child’s-eye view or the man’s, John Latham emerges from this sad, funny, tender book as a poet who sees truths from a strikingly original angle of vision.” Jeremy Hooker, Anglo-Welsh Review
“Spectacular writing, with lines that hang around in the mind long after you’ve read them.” Ian McMillan, Iron.
“His verse is almost all passionate recall of childhood and marriage, a poetry of sensitivity such as many novels offer. The detail is exact, the spirit of the past is conjured through the words most feelingly.” Peter Porter, Observer.
“The poetic effects are subtle ….. yet he is able to make the tiniest details sing. Unsentimental, plain, but rhythmically invigorating.” John Greening, Poetry Review
