Exploring themes of dystopia and legacy, the poems illuminate the bleak landscape of human existence and its impact on future generations. The poet's perspective acts as a guiding light, revealing the remnants of a world marred by destruction and loss. Through evocative imagery and poignant reflections, the collection challenges readers to confront the realities of their inherited environment.
Exploring the interplay of history and human experience, the book features a poet who traverses various epochs, cultures, and landscapes. It weaves together themes of tragedy and human resilience, revealing the complexities of shared, non-linear time. The narrative is marked by the poet's ability to evoke striking visions that encompass beauty, despair, joy, and horror, offering a profound commentary on the human condition. This work continues the tradition of English-born European poetry with its rich, evocative language and deep emotional resonance.
A new collection from award-winning poet Will Stone, whose poems have been described as haunting, beautiful, savage, lyric and visionary, inventive, searing yet poignant, mesmerising and original.
Will Stone was named a 'European-leaning maverick' by Hugo Williams in the TLS, which may explain why his remarkable voice was unjustly neglected until this volume first appeared. Stone's poems have a visionary edge to them, replete as they are with a powerful imagery both sublime and unsettling.