Good Ground by Olly Todd Michael Murphy Memorial Prize from a poet rooted in

from a poet rooted in community

feverish and sweaty love

Edward Lear's classic poem has delighted readers of all ages for generations

tender attachments to family

On return to London

Good Ground by Olly Todd Michael Murphy Memorial Prize from a poet rooted inGood Ground by Olly Todd is an expansive and sharply observed collection that blends memoir, cultural commentary, and lyric digression with a skater's eye for momentum and terrain. Spanning London and Los Angeles, Cumbria and Union Square, the poems range across landscapes both urban and domestic, attentive to the textures of language, architecture, and memory. Todd's lines are deft and searching, often elliptical yet richly referential, moving