• 2023 T.S. Eliot Prize
  • 2022 T.S. Eliot Prize
  • 2021 T.S. Eliot Prize
  • 2020 T.S. Eliot Prize
  • 2019 T.S. Eliot Prize
  • 2018 T.S. Eliot Prize
  • 2017 T.S. Eliot Prize
  • 2016 T.S. Eliot Prize
  • About

Poor Rude Lines

~ Your friendly poetry blog by John Field

Poor Rude Lines

Category Archives: Salt Publishing

Sympathy for the Devil – Mark Waldron’s The Brand New Dark

January 11, 2015

The slings and arrows of Hamlet’s existential crisis would have it that conscience makes cowards of us all and that …

Continue reading →

I’ll be your Mirror – Liane Strauss’s Leaving Eden

May 20, 2013

It was already an alcohol fuelled night when we arrived at Campo dei Fiori‘s The Drunken Ship. I was out …

Continue reading →

Generation Sex – John Hartley Williams’ Pistol Sonnets

April 5, 2013

Training to be a priest in Rome, St Peter’s Basilica inspired awe and reverence. It wasn’t just because the dome …

Continue reading →

Wish You Were Here – Tamar Yoseloff’s The City With Horns

February 17, 2013

It doesn’t take long to contract cultural flu in Rome. ‘That fountain’s by Bernini, you say? Show me one which …

Continue reading →

Animal Lover – Eleanor Rees’ Eliza and the Bear

January 22, 2013

During the day, our cathedrals rarely feel like spiritual places: the turnstiles, shops and tea rooms in the narthex are …

Continue reading →

Me and my shadow – Egg Printing Explained by Katy Evans-Bush

November 19, 2012

With a jolt I realised that I was standing at the foot of my own grave. Sergeant John Field, 1803339, of …

Continue reading →

Lingerie in London – Me and the Dead by Katy Evans-Bush

August 14, 2012

Buy Me and the Dead from Salt To live on a narrowboat is to live in a world of either …

Continue reading →

In space no one can hear you scream – Sophie Mayer’s The Private Parts of Girls

July 25, 2012

Buy The Private Parts of Girls from Salt In Sally Potter’s The Tango Lesson, a character called Sally pitches to …

Continue reading →

The smell of the underground – Tobias Hill’s Nocturne in Chrome and Sunset Yellow

July 22, 2012

Buy Nocturne in Chrome and Sunset Yellow from Salt Forget Eliot’s crowd of commuters flowing over London Bridge. Today’s city …

Continue reading →

Olivia Cole – Restricted View

July 14, 2012

Buy Restricted View from Salt Publishing Olivia Cole’s Restricted View explores, amongst other things, the pleasures and frustrations of perspective. …

Continue reading →

Follow Poor Rude Lines on WordPress.com

Read my reviews of each collection shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize since 2016. Click below:

Follow me on Instagram: @sundialmottoes

... and follow me on Bluesky:
@johnfield1.bsky.social

Here’s today’s #sundialmottoes Here’s today’s #sundialmottoes Here’s today’s #sundialmottoes Here’s today’s #sundialmottoes Here's a link to my review of Charles Lang's excellent debut collection, 'The Oasis': https://johnfield.org/2025/12/23/lust-for-life-charles-lang-the-oasis/ Here’s today’s #sundialmottoes Here’s today’s #sundialmottoes Here’s today’s #sundialmottoes Review of Richard Scott's That Broke into Shining Crystals up on Poor Rude Lines: https://johnfield.org/2025/12/17/richard-scott-that-broke-into-shining-crystals/

Links

Claire Booker
Josephine Corcoran
Martyn Crucifix
Robin Houghton
Rogue Strands
Roy Marshall
Seren Books
Unsuitable Blog

  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Poor Rude Lines
    • Join 220 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Poor Rude Lines
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar