Forgive the LanguageTypewriters, plagiarism and the poetic line are just three of the subjects under the spotlight in this book of essays by much loved literary blogger Katy Evans Bush. Studies of Ted Hughes, Louis MacNeice and Dylan Thomas sit alongside a new look at Keats, a search for forgotten war poet Eloise Robinson, and practical guides on poetic technique. Katy Evans Bush combines the intellectual rigour of the literary critic with the dynamism of a seasoned

All bring their own memories of Seduce: her daughter Glory prays for the rescue of her mother’s soul

Alberto Manguel

their individual repertoires and how they see their place in the continuing tradition

whether describing nature or capturing elements of

the poems are always alert to the comic and the everyday

were written over two years

When the cataclysm comes

the girls with the darkest eyes

and he points out the hidden streets and personalities of a city that changed the world

Nassif al-Nasseri and Farouq Salloum

Any lyric poem

His characters’ perspectives are often from the margins