Against Gravity by Robert Saxton John Froy 'Shakespeare for Every Day of

'Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year is not just for Christmas

Mannix's voice remains intimate

epic verse with ambitious scope

polemic and polyphonic daydream

Against Gravity by Robert Saxton John Froy 'Shakespeare for Every Day ofPublished 21 May 2026 Against Gravity: the title alludes to our struggle with mortality as we age and, by contrast, the pleasures of play, imagination, creativity. Robert Saxton's latest poetry book is dedicated to a friend whose heart gave out on a Scottish mountain. But in counterpoint to the elegaic, it offers humour too, often with dark overtones. The subject matter is wide ranging " from the late Queen to the pitfalls of indexing, from Nero's