Plums by Nicholas Bielby J H Prynne Whether savoured in sips or

Whether savoured in sips or gulped down in one

University of London

more grateful to be alive

  He does

Bread and Circus is a hybrid and palimpsestic memoir-in-verse: it combines poetry

Plums by Nicholas Bielby J H Prynne Whether savoured in sips orNicholas Bielby went from grammar school in Huddersfield to Cambridge, and then to teach in India. After that, he spent most of his working life in teacher education. After retiring from Leeds University, he was editor of the poetry magazine, Pennine Platform, for 15 years. He has written four academic books and five previous books of poetry and has won numerous prizes in competitions, including the Arvon International and New Poetry. Anne Stevenson