Martin Figura's in the day room

Two poems by Martin Figura – both come from his upcoming Arrowhead collection Whistle…Mother As its representative on earth she setsthe lemon meringue onto the cloth -its perfect roundness and snowy peaks.  She divides it up with the cake knife,cuts...

Ken Head reviews Alan Brownjohn

Ludbrooke: An Introduction by Alan BrownjohnThe Poetry Trust, 2009 www.thepoetrytrust.org ISBN 978-0-9550910-2-0, Paperback £5.00 (24pp) This attractively produced pamphlet of 16 poems, published in a limited edition of 300 by The Poetry Trust, precedes Ludbrooke...

Matt Merritt reaches the limits

The LimitsThursday, early, you reach them. Sometimebetween seven and eight. Somewhere betweenearth and sky, the one becoming the othera hundred yards further on, the whole scenea sculpture in ice, and you feel it slide awayfrom under you. Not the way you’re led to...