Shapeshifting for Beginners by Emma Simon Jonathan Edwards and Bad Machine shows him

and Bad Machine shows him developing new themes and new ways of writing in poems which stretch the possibilities of form and question language and its mastery

he was clear-sighted as he faced the end

they can also be strangely beautiful

New Welsh Reader

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Shapeshifting for Beginners by Emma Simon Jonathan Edwards and Bad Machine shows himEmma Simon's wide ranging, work explores how strange and surreal the everyday can be and how real life and stories tend to bleed into one another. These poems mysterious, mythic, magical remain deeply accessible, while being witty and serious. An unforgettable debut collection. Salt Publishing