Dirt Rich by Graeme Richardson Rishi Dastidar  The Herald (Scotland)

 The Herald (Scotland)

she brings to both inner and outer quandaries an abiding compass: the choice to embrace what is

and of artisan-like commitment

apparently improvisational pieces that contribute so much to this book’s extraordinary brio and style

Dirt Rich by Graeme Richardson Rishi Dastidar  The Herald (Scotland)In Dirt Rich, Graeme Richardson digs deep into his past, from a childhood in the Nottinghamshire coalfield, to the hatch match dispatch duties of a Church of England priest, to work in an Archaeology Department in Germany. These are grounded, earthy poems Born in a mess, we die in a mess and here is the dirt we dish, the mud we sling, the treasure we bury. Love and loss are treated with humour and startling frankness. Here are life's trade offs "do we