After the Miracle by Richard Meier biography Each is also an implicit

Each is also an implicit conversation with the poets who came before

drawn from an old geological map of Manchester in which Constantine finds ‘the locus itself

Virginia Astley’s book is doing something different - more personal

farrier and forager

After the Miracle by Richard Meier biography Each is also an implicitThe circumstances from which this third collection emerged were difficult. The resulting poems, however, are as clear and pure as water from its source. Theres pain here, yes, but also exuberance and joy. In one sequence influenced by Japanese forms, the poet shows his skill in compressed understatement. But his style has always been to make much out of little and to find beauty in plain speaking. He even dares to write from the heart.