The Acts of Oblivion by Paul Batchelor #lintonkwesijohnson mediating role of the poet:

mediating role of the poet: all fixations of Martial’s work that still resonate today

” But words that ‘smart’ may well be the very ones we most need to heal our wounds

this refreshingly candid and entertainingly provocative collection fully embraces the loss

“Santa Claus is coming

whilst a mother and daughter share 'a Eucharist of grain and fruit'

The Acts of Oblivion by Paul Batchelor #lintonkwesijohnson mediating role of the poet:Published December 2021. The Acts of Oblivion were a series of seventeenth century laws enacted by both Parliamentarian and Royalist factions. Whatever their ends pardoning revolutionary deeds, or expunging revolutionary speech from the record they forced the people to forget. Against such injunctions, Paul Batchelors poems rebel. This long awaited second collection, The Acts of Oblivion, listens in on some of Englands lost futures, such as those