Lamping Wild Rabbits by Simon Maddrell Victoria Gatehouse to the black honeycomb of

to the black honeycomb of a Colombian emerald mine and sunset-pink of the Emerald City

her lyrical voice generously outlines ‘home’ as something other than a physical place

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Lamping Wild Rabbits by Simon Maddrell Victoria Gatehouse to the black honeycomb ofPublished 12th February 2026 In Simon Maddrells wide and bracing world, childhood orbits the voice of a distant and sometimes dangerous parent. Memories of sex parties, dead friends and estranged lovers straddle the spaces between feeling and thought, loss and fatalism. lamping wild rabbits is a brave and expansive multiverse, exploring sexuality, queer desire, memory recall and testimony. With poems that pay homage to the late Derek Jarman, to verses