To the God of Rain

Tim Liardet

These complex, intricate and fascinating poems are like miniature novellas, full of incident and atmosphere. Their titles set scenes: ‘Whisky Drinker Considers his Skirmish with Death’, ‘A Futurist Looks at a Dog’, ‘Re-reading Lolita in...

Travelling to the Fish Orchards

Robert Seatter

Robert Seatter’s debut collection is characterised by an open, highly personal tone; his style is fresh and uncluttered; his imagery charged and luminous. A love for Italy pervades the book, from a witty poem on...

Uncontrollable Fields

Steve Griffiths

Steve Griffith’s long-awaited third collection of poems Uncontrollable Fields is a sensitive look at the contemporary world, the legacy of politics, history, love, chance. Ranging across Wales, England and Spain, from Owain Glyndwr to cruise...

The Unexplored Ocean

Catherine Fisher

In this striking collection Catherine Fisher mixes vivid and particular poems about the Welsh landscape such as "The Four Seasons" and "Field-walking", with historical monologues such as "Incident at Conwy" and scenes from myth like...

Up the Lamb

John Ackerman

’Up The Lamb’ is the story of young John Ackerman’s growing up in the mining town of Maesteg during the Depression and the war years. The son of a butcher - and therefore the family were ’trade’ - John escaped the worst of the poverty while being acutely aware of it in the lives of his schoolmates ...

Useful

Peter Finch

Peter Finch’s collection, Useful, is marked by all the restless energy, humour and angst that is so characteristic of this compulsively entertaining poet. Among the varied subjects to come under the poet’s subversive scrutiny are...

Visibility: New and Selected Poems

Graham Mort

This new collection from Graham Mort selects work from five previous collections and adds a substantial section of new poems. From early lyrics focused in the natural world, he quickly developed his own distinctive narrative style, encompassing a sharp eye for detail, an acute grasp of character, and a wonderful ability to evoke atmosphere and situation …

"A master technician" - Sarah Crown, The Guardian

"Mort has always been a master of technique, of ‘show not tell’, and his poems evoke the noises and smells of other countries, the unique atmosphere of other lives and times." –  Anna Crowe, Edinburgh Review, Jan 08.

“Graham Mort is a deeply engaged poet…This collection is distinguished by the way it conveys Mort’s engagement with people, places, nature, history…hard won, it is the work of a writer whose poems are beautifully wrought and yet underpinned by a sense of life’s inherent complexities. It is, finally, a collection to read and return to for its unpretentious wisdom.” - Wayne Thomas, Planet, Feb 08

Visiting Light

Jean Earle

Jean Earle’s third collection of poetry shines a particular light on its subjects. Here are poems in her own original style, intensely observant of the natural world and the artefacts of everyday life. Familiar, almost...

Visitors

Peter Thabit Jones

Visitors deals with urban south Wales, how its inhabitants are defined by their work, surroundings and society, in poems which are open and sincere, direct and honest. Always lively and accessible in his work, Peter...

The Visitors' Book

John Davies

This is John Davies’ third collection, joint winner of the Poetry Society’s major award - the Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize in 1986.