based around the Elegies of the Roman poet Maximian
and subtle humour into the flickers of life that hold fast against unforgiving terrain
Sam Buchan-Watts’ debut collection considers the capacity contemporary lyric poetry has to reflect social change
together with extracts from literature
the terrible isolation of contemporary life – and the live-streamed
PROTOTYPE 7 Jonathan Totman based around the Elegies ofPublished 10th July 2025. Available for pre order. The 7th instalment of Prototypes annual anthology: a space for new work, open to all and free from formal guidelines or restrictions. Poetry, prose, visual work and experiments in between. Including contributions by Fatema Abdoolcarim, Hawwa Alam, Astrid Alben, George Ayres, Rowland Bagnall, Priya Bains trans. Alex Mepham, Micha Bandini, Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal, Laura Elliott, Aisha Farr, Federico