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The Clockwork Gift is Claire Crowther’s second collection. It’s a rich and powerful book from a unique voice. I started off our chat by asking about the poem “Open Plan“. Andrew Philip: Welcome to Tonguefire, Claire. I love the unsettled and unsettling examination of contemporary family life in this poem. What was its genesis? Claire
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I’ll be interviewing another Shearsman poet, Claire Crowther, here on Friday 31 July. The following poem comes from her marvellous new collection The Clockwork Gift. Open Plan They took the walls away without warning.The roof floated, a miraculous over of shelter.We were caught out. We cooled quickly. A sty? My hands made paws? My lover
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Siriol Troup’s Beneath the Rime, her second full collection of poetry, was published earlier this year by the wonderful Shearsman Press. I first met Siriol when we read together at StAnza 2006, along with Richard Price, and was only too pleased when asked to take part in her virtual book tour. Andrew Philip: It’s a
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I’ll be interviewing the poet Siriol Troup here on Tonguefire on Friday, 24 July. The following poem comes from her new collection, Beneath the Rime. Nox Elephantorum– Elephant Night at the Coliseum Climb the railings by moonlight – you’ll find uson our knees in the ring, turning tricksunder the sky’s black awning. Such eloquentdesolation: the
Amy Jo Philip 