Double Negative by Vona Groake Jonathan Edwards While there is disquiet in

While there is disquiet in these ‘dark distances’

An extraordinary poet of rebellion and humour

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the surreal imagery of her early work is re-deployed to venture into the badlands of the human psyche

an unapologetic and paradoxical affirmation of a bloody

Double Negative by Vona Groake Jonathan Edwards While there is disquiet inIn this, her seventh collection, Vona Groarke considers the subject of ageing, fearlessly exploring its culverts and cul de sacs while also checking this earnestness with sharp wit and trademark style. Here candour is mediated by humour. These are sensual and sensitive poems, written in language asked to be beautiful, wry and true about topics usually either ignored or obscured with greyness and clich. Hailed by The Irish Times as a poet of great self