Riverain by Robert Powell two rivers press takes its strength from its

takes its strength from its encounter with doubt

loss and desperation

while poems set in Belfast reflect the aftermath of the Troubles and celebrate the city's current phase of recovery and restoration

Her poems bubble and squeak with every phonic device you could desire… it’s lithe

a dire challenge answered - and a drama of enigmatic reward disguised as psychic undoing

Riverain by Robert Powell two rivers press takes its strength from itsIn Riverain, poet Robert Powell takes us on a journey through reality and metaphor, partly inspired by the two rivers that meet in his adopted home city of York: the Ouse and Foss. Sometimes dreamlike, combining gravity and humour with the personal and the political, this diverse and deeply visual collection moves with a strong narrative flow, taking in love, mortality, family, consumerism, literature and art as it goes. Subtly moored by its theme,