Swords by James Roome Richard Meier these poems pull on the

these poems pull on the 'tidy hem' of responsible existence

an effect lightly presaged in the prologue which is a slender poem with barely any lines or words

vanishing into a wood

Laura published their first book

'Anatomy of a Breakdown' confirms Dunkerley as a poet who is profoundly poignant

Swords by James Roome Richard Meier these poems pull on theA woman sits alone in an office waiting room. She inhales, deeply. She can smell herself. So begins a surrealist odyssey that takes in blue mountains and giant duvets, prosthetic limbs and oranges, cannibalism and active wear, before ending in a gym. Swords is a narrative about the absurdity of rationality, the attempt to impose order on chaos, the gradual decay of selfhood in a world without MEANING. But, mostly, it is the story of a gradual stumble