Path Through Wood

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Author: Sam Buchan-WattsSam Buchan-Watts’ debut collection considers the capacity contemporary lyric poetry has to reflect social change. The many ethical dilemmas these poems enac t listen in to the noise which society makes to distract itself – from carceralspace to questions of asylum, masculinity and theboundaries of aesthetic play.Described by the Guardian as a ‘sceptical,serious, versatile writer’, Buchan-Watts variously inhabits poetic form, exposing the interplay of sound, sense and desire. Returning repeatedlyto the figure of a vulnerable boy approachingthe thicket of adolescence, these are poems thatare listening in when they’re not supposed to, distracted when they should be listening in, and finding secret listeners behind the arras. In this disquieting terrain we must hold ourselves to account for what we hear and what we make of what we hear.ISBN 9781913513115. Prototype Publishing. pb. 72 pages.available Show more