Tormentil by Ian Humphreys ocean vuong from nocturnes and lullabies in

from nocturnes and lullabies in hilly Port of Spain to 'stillness exercises' recording microenvironments – emotional and aural – around English trees

‘in water’

a recently designated superfund site that was once a fertile fishing ground for the Canarsie Native American tribe

marginality and dispossession

Something is realised through the poem

Tormentil by Ian Humphreys ocean vuong from nocturnes and lullabies inIan Humphreys follows his Portico prize longlisted debut Zebra with Tormentil, poems alive with the connections of family, food, community, place and, at its heart, prayers for fabulousness and transformative encounters with loss, fear and fearlessness. "A powerful, moving, original body of work. These are poems which will find readers, hit nerves, matter to people." Jean Sprackland on Zebra Nine Arches Press