I was delighted to get my hands on two new books this week. Cold Coffee at Emo Court by Arthur Broomfield, and Several Deer by Adam Crothers. The second book has been shortlisted for the Sine/Strong Award along with me and Stephanie Conn so I had to check out the competition! I’ve already read the first few poems and I am loving it! It is achingly clever and every line of every poem has a moment of “wow” in it. The language is just great fun and highly witty with knowing showboating where he enjambs a hyphenated word but tells us he’s going to do it in the previous line. I would love to have the confidence and craft to be able to create such interesting forms.
