Guises by Lawrence Sail carcanet pathos and humour

pathos and humour

Ailbhe Darcy’s first collection

these resolute poems celebrate outspoken women

and in doing so celebrate all those who have a space in his poems and all those who are able to tune into his remarkable music

Moniza Alvi

Guises by Lawrence Sail carcanet pathos and humourPublished 27th February 2020 Lawrence Sail's poetry is noted for its scrupulous combination of close observation and broader reflections. In Guises he builds on the strengths of twelve previous collections, writing 'in praise of perception', which brings its own challenges and delights, embodied in the shifts and layers of language. A sense of the precious and the precarious informs poems with widely differing subjects and settings. There is, too, a