COAL : Poems | Prose | Photographs Chris Wallace-Crabbe Casling's was a Northern European

Casling's was a Northern European voice

cherished items or relinquished connections

and many of the poems herein are addressed to his wife

”’ – Stephen Burt

discovering the extraordinary potential for both the big and small dramas of living

COAL : Poems | Prose | Photographs Chris Wallace-Crabbe Casling's was a Northern EuropeanTo mark the 40th anniversary of the Miners Strike, The Poetry Business has worked with the poet Sarah Wimbush, author of STRIKE (Stairwell Books, 2024), and the National Coal Mining Museum for England to produce an anthology of poetry and other creative responses that encompass the years leading up to the strike, the strike itself, and its aftermath. The anthology includes work from established poets, including Ian McMillan, Gillian Clarke and Paul