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Burn's poetry is both thoughtful and assured. He engages, amuses and intrigues throughout. Included are memories from a different age, be they reminiscence or regret. With a plethora of beautifully crafted images, each poem in the collection is an understated, quiet success.

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A 648-line narrative poem, split into five cantos, that explores our 21C existential crisis of alienation and anxiety brought on by consumerism, instant gratification, and mass media that replaced the void of meaning and habit left by organized religions in the 20C.

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Nchefu is Igbo for forgetting, misplacement. These are poems of a child born in the age of decolonization, and specifically in the very aftermath of the sort of destructive civil war colonial policy made inevitable in the exploited parts of the world. These are poems of a child who was raised as his parents were compelled through a whirlwind of global travel, who eventually came to realize he must first forgive himself his muddled identity bef...

Poetry. These poems present a simmering portrait of what happens when the omnipotence and optimism of youth meet the reality of a declining world, where politics are disillusioning, love unfulfilling and parents sick. Payne explores depression and cancer with wit and vulnerability, but also relishes the salve of an evening in with flatmates, a barmaid pulling a pint, and a note on a bathroom door. Fascinated with Old Hollywood icons, distilled...

Poetry. California Interest. Absurd yet rational, Anthony Seidman'sI WILL NOT BE A BUTCHER FOR THE WEALTHY is an uncomfortable indictment of contemporary America, and truly, this collection shows the relevance of poetry as political criticism. Writing on the plight of post-industrial landscapes, colonial impositions, and US politics, Seidman's poems are situated in the Surrealist tradition of French and Spanish writers such as Lorca and Desnos...

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The poignant stillness of temples and shrines, the lush green of the rice fields and the gentle breeze waffling through the susuki grasses: Through her attention to the 'untranslatable', Eleni Cay celebrates the universal and yet deeply local experiences that expand our own dictionaries. The twenty-two poems in this pamphlet are based on Cay's selection of her favourite Japanese words, the meanings of which can only be understood in contact wi...

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