All Empty Vessels by Aaron Kent and Stuart McPherson Sherko Bekas whose absence appears as ‘a

whose absence appears as ‘a little silvering between the trees’

this is poetry that is made for the human voice

The Dalhousie Review and numerous other literary journals

The collection invites the reader to reflect on loneliness

Rachel Mann

All Empty Vessels by Aaron Kent and Stuart McPherson Sherko Bekas whose absence appears as ‘aAll Empty Vessels is an urgent, emotional commentary on what it is to exist in our contemporary world. Aaron Kent and Stuart McPherson each taking 6 sections of 6 poems each, explore topics as widespread as the class system, Edgar Allen Poe, and the lyricism of night. Even poetry and poetics itself becomes a subject of scrutiny. In the hands of these two poets, these themes become an eclectic, fluid tapestry of ideas that mold themselves around both