Monday 9th November

Desmond Graham

The Green Parakeet extends the poetic sequence begun in Desmond Graham’s previous collection, Heart work, encapsulating a darker mood and engaging with daring contrasts of form.

The first half’s elegiac sequence on an older brother finds vitality through loss, and love through difference.

The second section consists of ‘Postcards from Germany’. Graham’s postcards range from dark and elusive to bright and teasing; they are of places we cannot know without imagination.

Throughout, Graham’s humour and invention make this an accessible collection that is a pleasure to read.

‘Graham has a way of finding fugitive rays of light.’