No Guiding Star by John Mills Ben Ray The voice is often clean

The voice is often clean and unfussy

hidden shapes – as well as a range of experiments in traditional and contemporary form

Faisal Mohyuddin’s debut collection speaks to the desire to forge a wholeness in a world that seems

on Góngora and on the Valencian metaphysical poet Ausiàs March

No Guiding Star by John Mills Ben Ray The voice is often clean"When I read this collection, it wouldnt let me go. These are poems of agony, joy and grief, bringing us the mundane, magical business of everyday life in surreal technicolour. Tender moments are observed with Johns characteristic wit. This is a collection which explores chronic illness in an unflinching way, but pain is not its defining subject. Inside these pages youll find a world of brief encounters, cigarette coloured cardigans, unsent letters,