Bad Idea by Robert Sheppard Maram al-Masri as they unfold

as they unfold

'These poems are not for the faint-hearted but

Beckett's celebrated first Carcanet collection

'Carol Ann Duffy is a poet of skill

Bad Idea by Robert Sheppard Maram al-Masri as they unfoldThere are two ways of seeing this book. One: it is a homage to Michael Draytons 1619 sonnet sequence, Idea, skilful transpositions into contemporary forms. Two: it tells the story of Brexit, as it passes through the body politic, the undigested cake and eat it of daily life. We read of the peccadillos and pet projects of the Brexiteers, the ineptitude of resistance. Expect comedy and chaos rather than analysis, how not to get the blues while singing