Somehow by Helen Calcutt Irene Sola the poet's eye and ear

the poet's eye and ear trained on distances that stretch beyond comfort zones

preventable of inevitable

Postcolonial Love Poem is a thunderous river of a book

as you dig into these poems you will be reminded of the interconnectedness of all things and will find yourself rooted in the good earth in all its fertile and dirty glory

these poems show the full range of one of the most influential and enigmatic writers of his generation

Somehow by Helen Calcutt Irene Sola the poet's eye and earIn September 2017, Helen Calcutts brother Matthew took his own life. He was 40 years old. the phone rang and when I answered it youd killed yourself, and that was the start of you being dead. This is the starting point of an astonishing new pamphlet of poems by Helen Calcutt. At times harrowing; at others hopeful always deeply felt and beautifully realised. These poems display the poise and precision of a poet already at the height of her powers,