Deep Field

Stevie Krayer discovers poetry that expresses the inexpressible

Sagitarrius dwarf galaxy | Photo: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) and Y Momany (University of Padua)

The first edition of the latest collection by our Friend Philip Gross sold out so fast that there were no copies left for the book launch and the publishers had to organise a hasty reprinting. What was it about a slim volume of modern poetry that, far from intimidating people, had them queuing for it like the latest Harry Potter?

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