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not merely horrifies

‘poackets ful eh ma fingers’

this is a collection to be read at bedtime

) of a “dead man/who has been stung by the invisible bee of my bullet”

Being Human edited by Neil Astley Selima Hill Here the text or theBeing Human is the third book in the Staying Alive poetry trilogy. Staying Alive and its sequel Being Alive have introduced many thousands of new readers to contemporary poetry. Being Human is a companion volume to those two books a world poetry anthology offering poetry lovers an even broader, international selection of 'real poems for unreal times'. The range of poetry here complements that of the first two anthologies: hundreds of thoughtful and