Double Negative by Vona Groake Jonathan Edwards an unapologetic and paradoxical affirmation

an unapologetic and paradoxical affirmation of a bloody

'The virtues of Jane Clarke's writing include a broad sympathy that never usurps the voice of the other

An extraordinary poet of rebellion and humour

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The poems of this dazzling second collection are of contradictory impulses: of abundance and famine

Double Negative by Vona Groake Jonathan Edwards an unapologetic and paradoxical affirmationIn this, her seventh collection, Vona Groarke considers the subject of ageing, fearlessly exploring its culverts and cul de sacs while also checking this earnestness with sharp wit and trademark style. Here candour is mediated by humour. These are sensual and sensitive poems, written in language asked to be beautiful, wry and true about topics usually either ignored or obscured with greyness and clich. Hailed by The Irish Times as a poet of great self