Released 30 September 2024 // Poetry Pamphlet // 68 pages
 
'These poems are, like all good poems, not easy to read. They are full of pain and grief, potential violence and menace. They are angry; but also they are tender. There is a cast of tramps, drunks and outcasts; but there are also children, beautifully etched, given to us in all their terror and innocence. A prevailing question seems to be, ‘Can men cry?’ There is no simple answer; but certainly the little scenes, the half-glimpsed lives, the sad stories presented here should encourage or allow tears, and it is to the immense credit of the poet that, while never becoming sentimental or maudlin, he brings the reader to the very brink of a vast sorrow that we all need to acknowledge, in ourselves and in the fabric of the world and lives around us.'
 
– David Punter, poet and Professor of English at University of Bristol
 
'There are shadows aplenty in this strange, unsettling collection. I read it all in one sitting and found myself captivated by its moths, apocalyptic playgrounds, and aching humanity.'
 
– Luke Wright, author of Are Murmurations Worth it? and more