The English translation of Jordi Doce’s ‘Slow Burn’, a rich and strange poetic journey through loss.

‘Dissolve to L.A.’ by James Trevelyan - terrific poems on a highly original theme (that exposed just how abysmal my knowledge of 80s/90s action films really is 🤣)

with myth-making, culminating in a frenzied treasure hunt (complete with deserted island). It was good to see the Bodleian Library surviving in a drowned world, albeit many miles from its current home in Oxford!

but the dark and mysterious ‘The Listeners’ by Walter de la Mare was a definite favourite. If it’s a poem that’s new to you, I hope you enjoy it. Happy Halloween! 🎃👻

whose recollections of a childhood spent there brought the whole thing to life. I sort of want to start painting all my fireplaces now…

and it’s so great to see it out in the world at last.

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