http://www.oystercatcherpress.com/phnews.html An amazing new anthology has been published by Shearsman, one of the UK's most vital and consistent and considered presses, documenting the truly brilliant editorial work of Peter Hughes at Oystercatcher over the last few years. I published one of my fights cycles, Johnny Tapia, with Peter last year, in the imitable black cardcut style of Oystercatcher and really without enough time to appreciate it, found myself in the company of poets like Carol Watts, Philip Terry, John James, Emily Critchley, Kelvin Corcoran and Tim Atkins. This anthology, a really beautiful object, and so effortlessly edited to be both comprehensive and slim line, is a testament to what Oystercatcher has achieved. It is a book full of exacting and linguistically forceful poetry, and really I hope it gets a strong reception as it thoroughly deserves one.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sea-Pie-Shearsman-Anthology-Oystercatcher/dp/1848612311
v Our Lady of Perpetual Help
“And I
learned that pain is a part of life. And that love can come and go”
cha cha cha
murder
an overweight pink in all in one
girl tracksuit
kid on a bike, shouting pussyole
& others
murdered
& dumped into a pit
covered with soil
a
garden planted
with
apple trees
ankle weights
&
fresh pressups