Lurex by Denise Riley
PBS Spring Special Commendation 2022 shearsman books Although the earliest of these

Although the earliest of these poems was originally written in 2011 and the latest in 2019

The poems are lucid and often quite spare

From heartbreaking trauma

and find ourselves incanting the heath’s calendar of spells and enchantments

through the city's darkest spaces

Lurex by Denise Riley <b><br>PBS Spring Special Commendation 2022</b> shearsman books Although the earliest of theseA brilliant outing from one of the finest poets currently working in the English language. This is at once a sharply political and deeply personal book which explores just that intersection. Wide ranging, sometimes anguished, her poems are fascinating and often beautiful, and certainly more than usually thought provoking Guardian"Shes one of the best poets around."Simon Armitage"It sometimes seems that contemporary poetry divides into two sorts those