*THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*A collection of powerful contemporary poetry exploring themes of masculinity, love, grief and connection, from British poet and viral phenomenon Lucas Jones.
A follow-up collection of poems continuing upon themes dealt with in "e;Before Dark, and After"e;--but concentrating more on the element of water than fire.
Writing these poems gave me a voice when I felt there was no one to listen and even if they did, they would not understand the depth of the feelings I could pour out onto the pages.
Sometimes it happens even to the best of us – starting out as a faint black smudge on your floor then spreading into something insidious and gelatinous.
I recall that first lost tooth like yesterday / Its happy home in my mouth outgrown / It seemed torn between whether to stay / Or plunge out into that great unknown
There she was, a silent old woman sitting alone / Seeming as if for some sin she sought to atone / Her lungs filled by a transparent, synthetic hose / And long and laborious breaths through the nose
