As I have worked my way backwards through the Forward books we arrive at the second edition, and names like R.S. Thomas and Benjamin Zephaniah make me wonder which of the poets in the current editions will endure and be known and read in thirty years time?
The Ferryman’s Arms by Don Paterson
Judith by Vicki Feaver
Virtual Reality by Tim Cumming for its unsettling quality
Portrait of the Painter Hans Theo Richter and his wife Gisela in Dresden 1933 by Tony Curtis repeats the phrase “This is before...” we know, with hindsight just how much this was before – and it made me feel that we might be in a moment “before” things as terrible…
At the Grave of the Unknown African by Fred D’Aguiar to remind us that BLM is not a new call to arms…
Now We Are Married by Jonathan Davidson
Recension Day by Duncan Forbes
Raw Meat by David Kelly
Another Night in the Vice Squad by Helen Kitson which is sad because trans sex workers are if anything more vulnerable now than then.
Misunderstanding and Muzak by Dennis O’Driscoll
Triads by William Scammell
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