New poetry book - 'Ashes'

Published yesterday: Ashes, a new volume of uncollected poetry. Some of the poems have been previously published in vaPublished today: Ashes, a new volume of uncollected poetry. Some of the poems have been previously published in various magazines, journals and anthologies.

Ashes features two poem sequences: 'Crow' and 'Dewlap'. The latter was written for R. S. Thomas, and the former is the earliest selection of work in this volume, dating back to the 1980s.

There are travel poems from India, Burma, Tunisia and elsewhere, and there are poems exploring the themes of Birth, Life and Death. One of the longer poems is an exploration of of what used to be called Manic Depression although there is also humour to be found in the book.


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