Path Through Wood by Sam Buchan-Watts Margaret Atwood while retaining a deeply-felt sense

while retaining a deeply-felt sense of connection with a planet in peril

taking us to Japan

in which the style is deceptively simple

myth and legend

But nothing is as simple as it seems at first

Path Through Wood by Sam Buchan-Watts Margaret Atwood while retaining a deeply-felt senseSam Buchan Watts debut collection considers the capacity contemporary lyric poetry has to reflect social change. 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, masculinity and the boundaries of aesthetic play. Described by the Guardian as a sceptical, serious, versatile writer, Buchan Watts variously inhabits poetic form, exposing the interplay of