the masks and headgear that we wear so as to try to interpret the nature of Nature
’ — Amy Key in her introduction to Best Friends Forever
and New York
losers and remembrancers passes through his writing
historical—and the collective memory of poetry itself are wrenched out of shape by dramatic disruptions in rhythm
Afterlife: New & Selected Poems by Polly Clark Jen Hadfield the masks and headgear thatPolly Clark's poetry inhabits a world that is strange, unsettling, and edged with danger. Her debut, Kiss (2000), journeys inward, exploring the self with an unflinching gaze, before Take Me with You (2005) turns outward to question how we connect with others, with the wider world, with the unknown. In these collections, her characters, both human and animal, speak in many voices, illuminating the moments when we are most alive and most alone.