Thanks to Bad Lilies for publishing ‘A Book of Days.’ I’m beyond honoured. Here’s the link: https://www.badlilies.uk/adrian-masters You could lose hours reading the twelve issues, all of them amazing, that they’ve so far published online. Here’s that link: https://www.badlilies.uk
Easily one of the strangest books I’ve ever read, this is the second volume of memoirs by the Cornish poet Jack Clemo. I’d read both his novels years ago and some of his verse, but this was new to me. So much is strange about it: the way he reviews his own poetry, his unique brand … More Jack Clemo, ‘The Marriage of a Rebel’
What a lovely way to discover new poems this book is. The title is deliberately provocative and makes you (well me) say to yourself ‘Well that didn’t make me cry’ after reading each selection. In fact none of them made me cry or even become slightly teary which may say more about me than the … More Poems That Make Grown Men Cry
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