My Rivers by Faruk Šehić Donald Gardner even generations later

even generations later

Not since Sorley MacLean hymned the woods of Raasay have the ghosts of the Gaelic past bestrode the present more imperiously

It is a poetry that appears seamless

Catch her at the beach recycling language with bits of coconut and razor clam

‘The pleasure I have gained from new Scottish genius William Letford’s poems

My Rivers by Faruk Šehić Donald Gardner even generations laterMy Rivers is a poetic event in four cycles: The Loire, The Spree, The Drina and the Beyond the Rivers. The collection brings together twenty five poems which utilize different poetic forms, although the style is never overly strict in form, as ehi always wants this work to be as clear and understandable as possible. Often hard hitting and even brutal at times, these works rest on the themes of post war reality and the culture of remembrance in a wider