The Grimace of Eden, Now Jay Bernard Through the complexities of Henry-Smith's

Through the complexities of Henry-Smith's personal experiences and the use of a poetically fragmented voice

previously the union headquarters for a coal board

The first new collection since Evolution from the prolific poet

Twenty-Four Hours is an unforgettable burst of lyricism – melancholic yet playful

From the graceful realism of the opening travelogues to its final long poem

The Grimace of Eden, Now Jay Bernard Through the complexities of Henry-Smith'sCody Rose Clevidence Animate, emotive, sensory rich and a little vicious, the poems in this collection take as their subject the earth as a planet, small and contaminated and alone in vast space, and the humans and creatures and technology swarming it with life. Formally inventive and playful with language, referencing Tennyson in one breath and the metaverse the next, these poems wander through spacetime with their irreverent theologies, exploring