Bath of Herbs by Emily Zobel Marshall Alan Buckley ‘The way a landscape can

‘The way a landscape can shape personal and family history is central to Fleur Adcock’s The Land Ballot

The poem is emblematic of a broader concern with the mystery of the creative process

Walking is a fresh departure

This new collection of expert lyric poems movingly animates the characters of his childhood in County Cork

conveyed with a formal virtuosity and a real sense of the seduction of the imagination that is truly captivating

Bath of Herbs by Emily Zobel Marshall Alan Buckley ‘The way a landscape canBath of Herbs is Emily Zobel Marshall's beautifully crafted, honest and thoughtful first collection which explores the complexity of mixed race, hybrid identities and relationships to the English and Welsh mountains, fells, rivers and shorelines from an 'othered', unmappable, positionality. It honours the lives of Black and Brown women and asks how they can reclaim space, both practically and conceptually. It celebrates and mourns the unspoken pain