On the Beach with Chet Baker

Robert Seatter

“Presence and absence, some sort of together” (‘On the Beach with Chet Baker’). These are the three places that Robert Seatter’s second book of poems explores, with deftness, insight and artistry…

Other Beasts

Sarah Corbett

From the first sumptuous poem, ‘Birthday’ where the protagonist, running at night, thinks of her body as a “nocturnal bloom”, the reader is immersed in the compelling voice of Sarah Corbett. From her first book, The Red Wardrobe, nominated for both the Forward and the T.S. Eliot Prize, we are familiar with the world she portrays …

“In its slow build toward Gothicism, our dark selves are dug up like buried corpses. Draw the curtains, invite the cat in and start at the beginning.” Poetry Wales, July 2009.
 

Oxygen: New Poets from Wales

Amy Wack

Celebrating the current resurgence of poetry by writers under 45 in Wales, Oxygen is a snapshot of recently established and exciting new talent writing in both the languages of Wales. Urban and rural, ironic and…