Description
Book SynopsisBoth heartening and heartbreaking, this collection of poems tells the stories of life of all sizesfrom microscopic parasitic worms to the lives of massive planets. Full of characters facing the guilt and terror of life, this examination embraces literary influences from all over the world, learning from the cultural difficulties and legacies left behind.Revealing the far-reaching effects of everyday occurrences, this remarkable compilation follows people as they go about their lives and find themselves caught up in astounding public and private events."
Trade Review"an alert, intelligent book... poems which, Brodsky-like, take the reader somewhere new, jinking round the corners of places we think we know into imagined elsewheres... there's much to admire Poetry Wales"
Table of ContentsBugged Flea Circus Kitchen Sink Drama Antimony Cup Why Did the Chicken We apologise for the delay Us All Please Berlin Zoo Lisdoonvarna Ladybird First Kiss Maria Ants New Year Instant Poem Skinny Dipping Limequat Lepidopterist Flight Testing One Two Platform Announcements Cold Unsaid Saguaro Nettle Bed Green Love Poetry Hungarian Blessing Three Dartmoor Ponies Tarn How Red Mayfly Sums Up Peace on Earth Eyeglass Ichneumon Wasp Pope Boniface's Address Connecticut Bees June the Fourth Bread Line Girl with Gun, Ben Gurion Airport Phantoms Taking the Night Air Ultraviolet Alarm Mosquitoes Riding Lights Nematode Worms
