Dirt Rich by Graeme Richardson Christina Thatcher “Their masterstroke is knowing they

“Their masterstroke is knowing they carry the seeds of greatness within

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Jaramillo also takes time to interrogate the humble mango

beautifully intimate poems speak of the presences and the voids that shape our apprehensions: of ‘the prayer-deep dark’ and the heart’s ‘private lanterns’

Dirt Rich by Graeme Richardson Christina Thatcher “Their masterstroke is knowing theyIn Dirt Rich, Graeme Richardson digs deep into his past, from a childhood in the Nottinghamshire coalfield, to the hatch match dispatch duties of a Church of England priest, to work in an Archaeology Department in Germany. These are grounded, earthy poems Born in a mess, we die in a mess and here is the dirt we dish, the mud we sling, the treasure we bury. Love and loss are treated with humour and startling frankness. Here are life's trade offs "do we