AGIMAT by Romalyn Ante
Poetry Book Society Recommendation Autumn 2024
Jean Watkins progress and choice are crumbling

progress and choice are crumbling around us

and decapitates the intruder with his own axe

Giles Watson and Miriam Wei Wei Lo

author of Ten Thousand Apologies and Black Teeth & a Brilliant Smile

AGIMAT by Romalyn Ante<br><b>Poetry Book Society Recommendation Autumn 2024</b><br> Jean Watkins progress and choice are crumbling'A powerful and hopeful collection, filled with heart and beauty' Cecile Pin 'An alchemical wonder of a poet' Fiona Benson this charms the buried light of stars this deflects bullets this unblooms a war In some Filipino clans, parents pass down to each child an AGIMAT, an amulet, in the hope its magic will protect and empower them. In a world of daily pain and loss, Romalyn Antes second collection asks: how do we keep safe what we hold most dear? At