Selected Poems by Jamie McKendrick Helen Farish One is a suite of

One is a suite of poems  – sombre

There is something new under the sun on every page

'smuggled from polite conversation

She points out the absurdities we've grown too used to and lets us see the world with fresh eyes’ Kae Tempest

to the changeability of skies and the insistent rhythm and presence of the sea

Selected Poems by Jamie McKendrick Helen Farish One is a suite ofPBS Special Commendation Summer 2016 Drawn from thirty years of work, this selection, made by the poet himself, gathers from the best of Jamie McKendrick's six acclaimed collections, including some translations, from 1991's debut The Sirocco Roomto Out There (2012, and winner of the Hawthornden Prize) by way of The Marble Fly (1997), winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection, and Ink Stone, shortlisted for both the T. S. Eliot Prize and the