A surrealist selection of imagistic poems by British poet Jacqueline A Corcoran reflecting upon themes such as love, grief, alcoholism, deprivation and loss.

Corcoran is a rare gift to modern poetry. In an age of sterile nihilism, she offers us a dazzling display of rich fulsome images that assault the senses even as they cluster in familiar, resonant hollows. 'Tin pots holed by moonlight polkas' refract the unexpected, a 'hum-coloured box' exposes a guilt wracked conscience, red gloves 'flung like bloody rags/in a sterile room/or a heart' expose our indulgences. Her trenchant and often exquisitely poignant observations create spiritual landscapes that speak in soft tones of nuanced understanding giving the reader ample room to meld in meditative...