The Fiction Shelf

A narrative, almost didactic poem whose wandering descriptions match excellently the exotic backdrop and brooding plot.

A poem that revels in its disorder. A memory written as furiously as the time lived. Brief and sharp, this work is beautiful in its honesty.

A poem of pleasant frustration. There is a nostalgia in the brutal honesty of the memories of working class life. The sepia‐toned recollections suggest confusion about a place in a society where death and illness are the only constant.

A deeply atmospheric collection of poetry that finds a home in the seas of many places but mostly Scotland. Much more than poems about ships, these artfully crafted works are very personable in their approach and deeply interesting to everybody interested in the human condition.