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It has a lot of force, Dominic, although there's still this strong sense of Geoffrey Hill waving a hammer and sickle, as it were. The Geoffrey Hill of the earlier part of the 'King Log' book in particular, I think. It's a little like the Robert Lowell of 'Lord Weary's Castle' too, in its angry barely restrained violence as well as density and punch of style. best Dave On 11 September 2011 16:29, Dominic Fox <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > FERAL RATS, *racailles*, addressed as *raca*: > virulent emptiness, the scowling void > uncowled before the cameras. Call them eaten > ones; whip up the circus beasts' starved fury. > Projectionists on double-time, sharp fixers > weaving through the strobed light by which > poet and statistician align their columns. > No soul-gape in Eton boys, no want > of any kind in boozed-up Buller men, > their bladders bulging, slackening at whim; > the stream called purifying which strips flesh > from bone, shows anarchy the skeleton > cavorting with bobby's helmet, his bleached grin > unflinching before the lawless force of law. > -- David Joseph Bircumshaw "The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." - Calvin & Hobbes Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/