In the “wild-world” of Wendy Pratt’s poetry
Like the work of the European poets who have nourished him
In Nachtroer her poems take a nighttime journey through heartbreak
that reveal Roger Robinson’s capacity to tell involving stories and capture the essence of a character in a few words
Slide by Mark Pajak<br> <b> PBS Recommendation Autumn 2022</b> Math Jones In the “wild-world” of Wendy'Fresh, urgent, alive genius.' Patience Agbabi This assured and arresting first collection moves deftly and with purpose into private, hidden places a locked shed, the dark of a battery farm, a murky riverbed, a late night bar to show, unflinchingly and in cinematic detail, what we might otherwise choose not to see. Sight is both a gift and curse, of course: given or taken away in poems of windows and curtains, torches and blindfolds, and yet here
