Afterburn by Blake Morrison #Ninearchespress The book’s fragmented

The book’s fragmented

An Aviary of Common Bird’s voices capture the raw immediacies of desires and their fulfilments

McLane moves from swift notations to powerfully sustained sequences

These accounts of living in and emerging from the dark wrestle with the angel of language

'Ruth Fainlight has always been a painterly poet

Afterburn by Blake Morrison #Ninearchespress The book’s fragmented'Lucid, tender and humane . . . One of the most formally agile and compassionate poets of our age Fiona Benson Here you are, on the balcony, the sea serenading you, the sun with its armful of light. In Afterburn, Blake Morrison returns to poetry, his first calling, to offers scenes from his own life and the lives of others. In psychology, 'afterburn' refers to the time before a past event is assimilated an idea that resonates through these poems