Wilder by Jemma Borg Marvin Thompson the ‘lair’ is a kind

the ‘lair’ is a kind of nest

Voices shout from the rooftops

also extends to more public themes of war and climate change

In Irene Solà’s scenes

Wilder by Jemma Borg Marvin Thompson the ‘lair’ is a kindWhat is still wild in us and is it recoverable? The poems in Wilder, Jemma Borg's second collection, are acts of excavation into the deeper and more elusive aspects of our mental and physical lives. Whether revisiting Dante's forest of the suicides, experiencing the saturation of new motherhood or engaging in a boundary dissolving encounter with a psychedelic cactus, these meticulous and sensuous poems demonstrate a restless intelligence, seeking out