Sicilian Elephants by David Cooke Amelia Loulli and Ezra Pound

and Ezra Pound

at least one thing

metaphor and idiom for Catullus – whom one could glibly define as a bisexual switch from the late Roman Republic when such concepts were meaningless: a stern moralist who splits into an anxious bitchy dominant with the boys

dysfunctions and injustices

in this stunning chapbook which urges you to find new meaning in nature's mysterious workings: "Every time I look up/ into a canopy

Sicilian Elephants by David Cooke Amelia Loulli and Ezra PoundIn the title poem to Sicilian Elephants, his most wide ranging and ambitious collection to date, David Cooke imagines the short lived paradise achieved by those miniature elephants whose bones have been found on the island. In poems gathered here he explores notions of home and the way humans aspire to define their space and achieve a life of ease. Starting out from familiar domestic settings, he explores the rituals of DIY and gardening. However, the