My Dog Has Never Read This by ML Walsh Mervyn Taylor slender and pale/for moments

slender and pale/for moments

moving and honest depictions of the Twyford protests explore the ways in which language reaches us

What daring

The poems in his final collection Turn Up the Ocean examine with an unflinching eye and mordant humour the reality of living and dying in a time and culture that conspire to erase our inner lives

of endings and new beginnings

My Dog Has Never Read This by ML Walsh Mervyn Taylor slender and pale/for moments'Initially written for the stage, My Dog Has Never Read This, is a prose poetry collection that navigates its use of comedy, absurdism and anthropomorphic characters through a distinct voice that may (or may not) want its reader to be there. Where is there? Not sure. Perhaps at the pub or in a living room with a nice cup of tea. Except its not a nice cup of tea, is it? Its a scared one. Keeps screaming about how the hot water sets off its eczema. Its