Description
What do animal dens have in common with mathematics? Lairs is darkly suggestive of secretive havens and shelters, but also frames the poem as an equation. This collection is both a kind of nest and a beautiful accumulation of dense detail. Lairs also highlights the contrast between noble aspirations and a messy reality, the poems’ atmospheres being sometimes borrowed from the fervid pandemic lockdowns. The innovative style is daring and embraces complex music. Post-Brexit life is also a subtle strand in these poems, as they deflate and challenge establishment conservatism.
Words the Turtle Taught Me 
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats 
Selected Poetry 
Slip 
Strong in the Rain 
New and Selected Poems, Volume Two 
The Tale of Custard the Dragon 
Postman Bear 
The Handle of the Door 
Book of Mercy 
Let Us Compare Mythologies 
Collected Poems and Drawings of Stevie Smith 
Over the Moon 
Gold from the Stone 
A Little Body Are Many Parts 
Counting Backwards 
Steep Tea 
Milk and Honey 
God Love Poetry, In-Prints You