Somehow by Helen Calcutt Irene Sola these poems show the full

these poems show the full range of one of the most influential and enigmatic writers of his generation

addressing faces behind the veneer

preventable of inevitable

and there is more for us to gain

to focus on stillness and acts of interrogation

Somehow by Helen Calcutt Irene Sola these poems show the fullIn September 2017, Helen Calcutts brother Matthew took his own life. He was 40 years old. the phone rang and when I answered it youd killed yourself, and that was the start of you being dead. This is the starting point of an astonishing new pamphlet of poems by Helen Calcutt. At times harrowing; at others hopeful always deeply felt and beautifully realised. These poems display the poise and precision of a poet already at the height of her powers,