the air-filter, but his victory serves to bring in that angry gesture of "one last wrenching twist" and the sardonic observation about "the dust/and grime from better, more desirable places." It's tempting to read in the conclusion a suggestion that the air around this child and the others on the estate is clogged by the very existence of these more privileged places elsewhere--places which are richer, but no less a source of pollution.[by Sam Gardiner]
Showing Me
from Carol Rumens: The Guardian: Books blog: Poem of the week: Showing Me by Sam Gardiner
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Sadly, it doesn't look as if there will be a further collection when the PBS reaches 100.
If the PBS disappears, it will be a huge loss to the young poets of today and tomorrow. Previous generations, mine included, learnt from our successes and failures, from selectors' comments that made us think about our work, from taking a turn as a selector, and from our sharpened awareness of what other writers were doing.
from Carol Rumens: The Guardian: Books blog: What the Poetry Book Society means to poets
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