Spun GlassOn a beach in Greece accessible only by sea or down a steep path the waves caress the land, crash against the rocks, keep watch at night or doze in the noonday sun. Visitors include: Aphrodite whose house is above the shore and her family from Athens. An English couple, who own the only other house visible from the beach, their children and these youngsters' friends. An Albanian migrant seeking work. A castaway from ancient Athens trying to return

When the moon rises high and the stars twinkle

Sensual and ecologically attentive

The Zoo Father

along with three new poems by Michael Longley

are Ingrid’s Husband (2007)

Dylan Thomas and Carol Ann Duffy

An unidentified elephant skull

others which comment directly on purges and torture

funny and wise as when it was first published

and OBRAS Artist Centre (Portugal)

was published by Smith/Doorstop in 2009

and publishes a poem from the late Matt Simpson