Other Harbours (Bright Young Things)

Disappearances, displacements, separations: this startling first collection is populated with characters who move through the liminal space between departure and arrival. Soldiers kill time on street corners, an ageing emperor searches for immortality, ignored wives of medieval legend rub shoulders with modern-day migrant workers. These accomplished poems introduce worlds on the margins of history to those far from their origins and further still from their destinations.