Striking a Match in a Storm by Andrew McNeillie Natalie Diaz we must also simply find

we must also simply find a way through

painful and tender

’ – Marius Kociejowski

later bearing witness to her small son learning to negotiate contemporary London

The many ethical dilemmas these poems enact listen in to the noise which society makes to distract itself – from carceral space to questions of asylum

Striking a Match in a Storm by Andrew McNeillie Natalie Diaz we must also simply findPublished 31st March 2022. The Welsh poet Andrew McNeillie brings together in this generous and timely volume his seven collections of poems including his most recent, Making Ends Meet, and his Forward Prize shortlisted Carcanet collection Nevermore (2000). McNeillies poems possess the same precision and ear for other voices which have made him a noted nature writer and an influential editor of the handsomely designed eco literature magazine