Between Ourselves by Michael Laskey Laurel2022 “… this is gorgeous

“… this is gorgeous

censored or disparaged voices speak out from secluded spaces and moments of hidden history: from within a professor's office and a deserted department store

His language slips through fissures of time and space

for whom woman are prey and sex is weaponised

Between Ourselves by Michael Laskey Laurel2022 “… this is gorgeousBetween Ourselves is a brilliantly crafted collection of warm and eloquent poems that are at once a love letter to the future, and a contemplation of the past. The central section, Selfies an honest and discerning sequence of self portraits reflecting on what a long way weve come sits alongside the title poem, an intimate conversation with a grandchild just learning to walk. The Poetry Business