Variety Turns by Christopher Arksey Luke Wright With a dry sense of

With a dry sense of humour and perfect observation these poems equip us for a future of lab-grown meat and space travel…I hope you’re ready To Boldly Go

while others ponder the ethics of killing a mosquito or the status of a ‘B&Q Buddha’

Jack Solloway

everything is sliding away

Variety Turns by Christopher Arksey Luke Wright With a dry sense ofVariety Turns is a collection of elegies for Christopher Arksey's mum who passed away from cancer in 2016. Arksey pays tribute to his mum by recalling not just the solemn moments, but the dark humour we often lean on when trying to cope with loss. These poems exemplify the permanence of grief, while bringing to light the unknowable and unfulfilled parts of the lives of those we've lost. Written with subtle precision, Variety Turns is both a tender