Tattoos by Eva Bourke Julian Flanagan These poems take the reader

These poems take the reader on surprising journeys of healing

Sean Wai Keung’s latest collection sikfan glaschu explores the new possibilities to understand and chronicle a British-born Chinese person’s multiple sense of belonging and cultural identity

Nothing could be more relevant at the present moment

resting inside of imagery heavy enough to sink the heart

the comical mis-spellings of those learning English

Tattoos by Eva Bourke Julian Flanagan These poems take the readerThe journey of Eva Bourke's eighth collection of poems is one of bereavement, heartbreak and, ultimately, renewal. In poems that record with courage and tenderness the loss of loved ones, of close family and friends, there is throughout a refusal to soften the keen gaze and precise detail for which her work is so often praised, as if the poet's role is ever to be witness, guardian and curator. Instead of heartbreak enforcing a retreat from the world,