George Szirtes fled from Budapest with his family after the 1956 Hungarian uprising. Many of these poems relate to his arrival in England as a young child, and to the themes of identity, memory, belonging, war, and upheaval, with a sequence on living now in a country under siege from coronavirus.
In this debut collection from a poet whose reverence for nature is a constant and comforting aesthetic, the poems explore themes of innocence and experience. From the intimacy of personal loss to war and its cruel consequences, these poems are always surprising, always true.
A recent widow seeks the services of a psychic, two children are placed in a witness protection programme, a young woman is discovered hiding in a garden shed, and a doctor suddenly disappears. The characters in Taylor's debut collection of short stories inhabit worlds as familiar as your local restaurant and as strange as a locked ward in a psychiatric hospital.
Lisa C. Taylor's fourth poetry collection explores the range of human vulnerability from a homeless person to a Virgin Mary sighting, to strangers meeting in a grocery line.
A collection of poetry ("Pearls in a Tin Can") and short philosophical meditations ("Shadows from the Past") based on the author's life and experiences.
By turns poignant, wryly humorous and nostalgic, Ross Thompson's debut collection of poems charts a chronological journey through the pre-adventure world of childhood, the wounds of awkward adolescence and the future promise of adult life. ...