Three pamphlets: Casket (Andy Brown), Below this Level (Kevin Corcoran) and Lake Effect (Tim Craven)

Casket Andy Brown Shearsman (2019); pbk: £6.50 Below This Level Kevin Corcoran Shearsman (2019); pbk: £6.50 Lake Effect Tim Craven Tapsalteerie (2019); pbk: £5 Three excellent pamphlets, produced by courageous independent publishers, and it’s fair to say there are crossing references, though I will treat them alphabetically. Nonetheless, the booklets are very different creatures. However, Read More

Refuge

  No voices         just a roar                             and the birdsong                of gunfire in winter sunlight    slouched down              the well of leather seats               yielding              diminishing    her height a dead giveaway: this    the mother                            of all riots                speak only Farsi There are autobiographical narratives, then there are those grounded in exceptional circumstances and Read More

The Parting Glass

The Parting Glass is a collection of 14 sonnets by Northern Irish poet, Neil Young, long resident in Scotland. True to its title, each sonnet is a farewell to a beloved family member or a friend, a toast to memories – private and public, and a nod to the present that will soon be lost. Read More