The Book of Tides by Angela Readman Bloodaxe and sometimes saying a few

and sometimes saying a few things about the poems

discomfort and alienation of autistic experiences

who knew and loved the man and poet

as one poem  observes of a glider riding a thermal

The Book of Tides by Angela Readman Bloodaxe and sometimes saying a fewAngela Readmans The Book of Tides is treasure trove of luscious, visceral poems that are delightfully risky, utterly thrilling and always close to the bone. Readmans poetry teems with the rare and beautiful, the dark seaweed sparkle of a particular strand of skewed folklore; here we encounter fishermen and mermaids, a man with a beard of bees, a Tattooists daughter, Joan of Arc, and Beatrix Potters bed a rich swell of voices with an irresistible and