Staying Alive edited by Neil Astley Spanish like wrought iron'

like wrought iron'

from true-life tales

reality slips: something is added

Winner of the Shine/Strong Poetry Award 2017

Translator Forrest Gander beautifully renders the eros and heartache

Staying Alive edited by Neil Astley Spanish like wrought iron'Staying Alive is an international anthology of 500 life affirming poems fired by belief in the human and the spiritual at a time when much in the world feels unreal, inhuman and hollow. These are poems of great personal force connecting our aspirations with our humanity, helping us stay alive to the world and stay true to ourselves. Many people turn to poetry only at unreal times, whether for consolation in loss or affirmation in love, or when facing