The Sixth Annual Rochford Street Review Keep Alive Appeal
We have had a big year at Rochford Street Review, publishing almost 100 reviews, articles and creative works by writers and artists so far.
Reviews
Amanda Anastasi: COP30 Video Poem ‘The Last Call’
Amanda Anastasi was commissioned to write a poetic call to action for COP30 that was a clear, urgent summary of climate impacts across the Oceania region. It was written in response to speakers ranging from policy experts to Indigenous elders at the Global Ethical Stocktake (GES) – Oceania Region.
Insight, tenderness, humour, and fire: Esther Ottaway launches ‘Incandescence’ by Susan Austin
In Incandescence, Susan has crafted a collection that arises from the everyday, while expanding into the universal. These themes of parenting, caregiving, surviving a pandemic, holding a marriage together, walking through grief, and making space for joy, even amid exhaustion, mean that her poems glow with warmth and insight, even when they explore moments of deep difficulty.
‘One-Time Code’: A poem by S.C. Flynn
S.C. Flynn was born in a small town in Australia of Irish origin and now lives in Dublin. His collections are The Colour of Extinction (Renard Press, October 2024) and An Ocean Called Hope (Downingfield Press, May 2025).
Chucking Out. Short fiction by Fionnbharr Rodgers
Fionnbharr Rodgers is an Irish historian and poet who has had work published in History Ireland, Ireland’s Own, The Irish Times, Northern Slant, A New Ulster, Blackbird, Blackbox Manifold, and Stoneboat Literary Journal.
Vale Robert Gray
Mark Mahemoff remembers Robert Gray (1945-2025).
Get rid of arts funding! Ian Milliss argues there is a proven better solution
The concept of a basic income, a regular and unconditional payment to individuals, has been a subject of debate for decades. In recent years, a specific application of this idea has gained traction: a basic income for artists.
Surprising views and tender portals: Debbie Lim launches ‘The Ease of Eggs’ by Benjamin Dodds
A Dodds poem may be as likely to be set in a classroom as on a farm paddock as on a film screen. It may take the form of couplets, stepped stanzas, a concrete poem, a list or even an erasure.
Jack Galmitz: 2 Poems
Jack Galmitz was born in 1951 in New York City. He holds a Ph.D from the University of Buffalo in modern American Literature. His work has appeared in print and digital poetry venues. He was a long-time contributor to Otoliths and Ginyu, a Japanese haiku magazine published by Ban’ya Natsuishi. His work has appeared in Alien Buddha Press, Synchronized Chaos, and many others. He is married and lives with his wife in New York.
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