The Day Before by Aoife Lyall F D Reeve and settle into a velvet

and settle into a velvet chaise longue to read

There's an honesty

its obverse sides and its cyclical rhythms

the 'letters' are among the most significant and sustained attempts during this period to present Welsh writing to an audience throughout the UK and beyond

you'll still be secretly sick with jealousy

The Day Before by Aoife Lyall F D Reeve and settle into a velvetAoife Lyall's The Day Before beautifully captures the ordinary moments in life that crystallise in the face of crisis and threat. Focusing on the earliest weeks and months of the pandemic, these intimate and meticulous poems mark the lived experience of someone who must navigate a world she no longer understands, exploring first steps and last breaths, milestones, millstones, emigration, fly tipping and the entire world to be found in the space behind