After the Miracle by Richard Meier Liz Berry 'Let Them Rest'

'Let Them Rest'

Steve Spence in Stride on This Patter of Traces

offering a choral experience of a present-future where almost all hope seems lost – except for that offered by poetry itself

these poems tend to travel in distinct streams: some reference and re-make narratives from classical Greek myth

but remain

After the Miracle by Richard Meier Liz Berry 'Let Them Rest'The circumstances from which this third collection emerged were difficult. The resulting poems, however, are as clear and pure as water from its source. Theres pain here, yes, but also exuberance and joy. In one sequence influenced by Japanese forms, the poet shows his skill in compressed understatement. But his style has always been to make much out of little and to find beauty in plain speaking. He even dares to write from the heart.