“Wasted and wounded, it ain’t what the moon did”

Matthew Caley’s new collection, Rake is irresistible …it can appear as if we are leafing through the oblique diary of an immortal time-travelling rake, one who is seeking his ‘one true beloved’ through an heroic tally of amorous encounters, desperately trying to get beyond appetite; or possibly a number of parallel immortal time-travelling rakes; or maybe even someone, having drunk too many espressos, imagining themselves to be such a rake. 

Rosie Jackson’s new collection is The Light Box: ‘stonking good poems’ Jo Bell

David Briggs’ new pamphlet Vision Helmet… ‘is full of moments of shock and awe, phrases and words that creep up undetected to catch you at the throat and rip the stillness from the room.’ Aaron Kent

Rachael Boast, winner of Bristol Poetry Prize 2015, is author of Sidereal and Pilgrim’s Flower

For more on Matthew Caley: www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/category/matthew-caley

More on Rosie Jackson at www.rosiejackson.org.uk

More on David Briggs at www.david-briggs.com

More on Rachael Boast at www.poetryarchive.org/poet/rachael-boast