Folkish by Kym Deyn
Poetry Book Society Recommendation Summer 2026 Lemn The original trial at Exeter

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Folkish by Kym Deyn <br><b>Poetry Book Society Recommendation Summer 2026</b> Lemn The original trial at ExeterPublished 23 April 2026 Folkish is a trickster figure masquerading as a poetry collection. Full of ghosts, worms, saints, and Northern English folklore, Kym Deyns debut is playful, spirited and absolutely furious moving between the alive, the legendary, and the haunted in endlessly inventive forms. Between deep time and mischief, Deyns poetry hungers and sharpens its spells casting curses on bad landlords, exhaustion and poverty. These poems know