face before you by Mohammed Moussa Spike Milligan The first collection for eight

The first collection for eight years from a long-admired poet whose work has been twice shortlisted for the T

Her writing has the depth of unearthing

occasionally seasoned by an awareness of broader culture and more demotic notes

Scottish Makar Jackie Kay

but the work's true force comes from what they share – the patient returning to the water

face before you by Mohammed Moussa Spike Milligan The first collection for eight'The face before you' is a one of a kind human and emotional document from Gaza a genocide seen from within. The poetry in The face before you by Mohammed Moussa is about survival, written in loss and grief. This collection confronts the weight of generational trauma, the fragility of memory, and the indelible scars of genocide. Moussa refuses to let Gaza's voice fade or be obliterated. *the face before you, marred with blood and unseen wounds, bears