The Earth on Fire by René Noyau trans. Gérard Noyau with Peter Pegnall Ly Seppel Alan Dent is a poet

Alan Dent is a poet

is a collective of Latvian poets writing in Russian whose unique work plays at the boundaries between various creative genres and cultures

in reverie

 Clever Backbone (2009)

not as contemporary fashion might have it be

The Earth on Fire by René Noyau trans. Gérard Noyau with Peter Pegnall Ly Seppel Alan Dent is a poetThe first translation into English of the poems of Francophone Mauritian writer Ren Noyau (19111984)The poems are presented in their original French as well as in English translation.There are many reasons to be fascinated by Ren Noyau He cannot be pigeonholed in any particular style or subject matter, moves from the earthy to the ethereal, often in the same poem. A devotee of the surreal image, exotic and startling, he is also capable of a raw