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we are migrating our publications to the poets page making it easier to buy - if you want the following poets publications pls go to their poets page
collections & anthologies
city lighthouse our third poetry anthology
a bumper edition with over 130 pages of poetry from fifty poets
including matthew sweeney, gerald stern, hugo williams, daljit
nagra, brendan cleary, lorna thorpe, fiona benson,andy brown,
roddy lumsden, martina evans, helen mort, simon barraclough,
gareth jones, miriam gamble & many more
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£6 ISBN 978 1 904551 58 4
turn the clocks upside down
by aoife mannix
Aoife has a consistently fine ear for cadence and
a beautiful turn of metaphor. There is a new emotional
urgency to the poems in turn the clocks upside down –
of personal and global history, of jazz and fashion, of
journeys and religion, nature and fear. (Luke Kennard)
£8.00 - ISBN 978 1 904551 55 3
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but black & white is better 
by ken champion
Ken writes with remarkable clarity. His poems acheive
thememorable resolution of a Robert Doisneau photograph
& his subjects are unusual & arresting. (Alan Dent)
£8 ISBN 978 1 904551 53 9
fizzbombs
by joe duggan
Plain speaking & direct, these are powerful
honest, poems. Joe Duggan exhibits a
strong & vivid power of recallin his tales of
childhood and student days set against the
backdrop of the violence & bigotry
in the war in the north of Ireland. (Brendan Cleary)
£7.00 ISBN 978 1 904551 49 2
the elephant in the corner
by aoife mannix
new & selected poems
A collection about pain, physical & emotional, written with unflinching honesty by a poet who employs understatement cleverly, and leaves the reader hungry but never disappointed.
(Catherine Smith)
£7.00 - ISBN 1 904551 13 0
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some turbulent weather
some of us stay at home & write tame poems
about wild things, Cleary gets out there &
catches wild ones & brings them home alive.
(Hugo Williams)
£6.00 - ISBN 978 1 904551 45 4
weightless
by brendan cleary
new poetry
With weightless, Brendan Cleary has created a modern blues.
These poems are stripped back, both in language & emotion.
(Roddy Lumsden)
£6.00 - ISBN 1 904551 21 1
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there is violence in these vapours
by graham buchan
new & selected poems
Graham Buchan's first full-length collection proves that he is a master of 'viral poetry' - words that infect the reader with their anger, cynicism and intelligence.
(Agnes Meadows)
£7 - ISBN 978 1 904551 31 7
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horizon & back
by heather taylor
new poetry
Stimulating and fresh in tone and subject matter (Catherine Smith)
A tantalizing chocolate box of reflective, poignant and heartfelt imagery. This is not just for poets, its for anyone who enjoys reading about life's little moments (Fiona C Kimberley)
£7.00 - ISBN 1 9054551 17 3
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a kind of slow motion
by janice fixter
poetry
her poems, and her vivid poetic flights,
segue between reality and fantasy, between
the tangible and the insubstantial
(Anne-Marie Fyfe)
£7.00 - ISBN 978 1 904551 30 0
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ghost on the road
by john clarke
new & selected poems
This is John's first full collection following the success of Travelling Without Arriving (2001) and Jazz & other religions (2002), both also published by tall-lighthouse.
£7.00 ISBN 1 904551 23 8
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firestrikes
by keith please
selected poems
Some poetry can be gulped down by the
gallon, not so these careful, honed poems
that testify as much interest in language as
as in the world from which language is
derived - this is poetry which expects
to be read with the care with which it was written.
(Eddie Wainwright)
£10.00 ISBN 978 1 904551 38 6
in a distinct minor key
by marc swan
new poetry
Marc Swan's brave and edgy poems keep faith, keep pushing
the envelope. (Michael Laskey)
£4/$6 - ISBN 978 1 904551 28 7
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chapbooks & pamphlets
black fen by alex brockhurst
This debut pamphlet contains poetry at its most effective,
where economy of language is all, and nothing is wasted
in these emotive, brief, yet sometimes stunning poems.
Alex may be new to the general poetry scene but her
arrival confirms a strong new voice to be reckoned with.
Black Fen is full of words that move so fast they break
through into the physical world, becoming visible
moments in our mind’s eye. Hugo Williams
£5 ISBN 978 1 904551 62 1
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PBS PAMPHLET CHOICE SUMMER 2009
shiver by alan buckley
Shiver is a debut to savour from a poet already widely published
and admired for his live performances. In this pamphlet, Alan Buckley
presents twenty poems that reflect his strong engagement with the
lyric tradition in contemporary poetry, and make an exciting and
distinctive contribution to it.
Alan Buckley's writing is alive with the need to understand.
These poems are like X-rays which see through the surfaces
of things and ‘guess their way around the unthinkable dark’.
Jean Sprackland£5 ISBN 978 1 904551 61 4
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instead of stars by amy key
the thirteenth in the pilot series
In this first selection of her work, Amy Key aims to entice
the reader with her narratives of conjured liaisons and
romantic adventures. These poems have a splendiferous
sheen and voluptuousness reminiscent of those recent
American poets who have been labelled 'gurlesque'.
Below the surface there is well-craftedness and a willingness
to oblige an amount of strangeness to enliven the language.
This is an original and auspicious debut
£4 ISBN 978 1 904551 68 3
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a certain chinese encyclopedia by sarah howe
the fourteenth in the pilot series
Sarah Howe's debut offers great range - a series
of poetic endeavours which nourish and reward.
Some of the work here reflects her dual heritage
- in one longer piece, she describes travelling to
China and Hong Kong - where she spent her childhood -
to trace her mother's roots. She also offers imagistic shorter
poems and edgier forays into more experimental terrain.
She is a poet of place: from the limited landscapes of bed
to the grand vistas of exploration.
£4 ISBN 978 1 904551 69 0
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everyting we don't say - jasmine ann cooray
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those who jump by emma mcgordon
Emma McGordon writes a stark, affecting poetry.
There is something here of what Brian Patten called ‘the hard lyric’. those who jump registers the
displacement of innocence by experience
with genuine rhythmic urgency.
£5 ISBN 978 1 904551 46 1
PBS PAMPHLET CHOICE AUTUMN 2008
parade the fib by rhian edwards
The unique voice lies in the music of the language, a
distinctly un-English sound, often in a minor key, elegiac,
but with unexpected leaps of the imagination. Against a
Celtic bass-line, she sets her own modern turn of
phrase and sense of humour.
£3 ISBN 978 1 904551 47 8
the just vanished place by james bell
A series of ninety-nine, nine line poems, each poem
celebrating the moment that has just passed. Each poem
is in turn evocative and strangely engaging, contemporary
and timeless, there is no surety: arrival and departure blend
with Beckett-like erudition and touches of humour.
£5 ISBN 978 1 904551 40 9
the storm berm by andy brown
a berm is a man-made ridge of earth above a ditch,
built as fortification against flood waters. In this new
sequence of poems, notable for their formal variety,
lyric intensity, and their attention to natural detail,
the sea acts as metaphor,making poetry itself into
the berm - both a high ground from which to
launch the imagination, and a protective home.
£4- ISBN 978 1 904551 37 9
near death (domestic) by maggie sullivan
Maggie Sullivan’s poems stop to pay due
attention to those tiny, telling truths that stick
in the mind among the wreckage of everyday
living – her ability to fuse everyday physical
details with powerful emotions is one of her
great strengths. (Peter Carpenter)£5- ISBN 978 1 904551 34 8
growing up an alien by aoife mannix
acting as both an accompaniment to her
new show and an exciting new collection
of poetry in itself, these delicate memoirs
chart a rootless adolesence in the lyrical style
that has earnt Aoife so much acclaim.
£5 ISBN 978 1 904551 39 3
the sparks by ben wilkinson
the eleventh in the pilot series
This is poetry responsive to the elemental layers that
underscore the material sheen of our early twenty-first
century. It is the work of a poet steeped in the masters,
but not cowed by them.
£4 ISBN 978-1-904551-56-0
stingray fevers by emily berry
the twelth in the pilot series
Emily's poems have appeared in various magazines
including Poetry Review, The Rialto, Ambit, Magma and
Poetry Review, and she was an Eric Gregory Award winner in 2008.
£4 ISBN 978-1-904551-57-7
at home or nowhere by vidyan ravinthiran
the tenth in the pilot series
This first collection introduces a vivid and
multi-textured style to British poetry. Central to the
pamphlet is a sequence about a young man's frenetic
transatlantic relationship with a much older woman.
Strong themes thread through the book – sexual
intimacy, politics,race, technology and the individual's
position in a landscape, whether that might be one of
freedom or restriction.
£4 ISBN 978 1 904551 52 2
PBS PAMPHLET CHOICE WINTER 2008
whichever music by kate potts the ninth in the pilot series
These startling poems blend atmosphere and memories,
the fractured or unsure sort. Kate Potts often uses short
sentences and clipped clauses and the poems come at you,
slowly forming, jigsaw-like. Many of the poems are
solo pieces for a single character, or one whose sole company
is a ghost or a future self, watching the re-run. This is an unsettling
and impressive debut.
£4 ISBN 987 1 904551 51 5
the ornamental world by retta bowen
the eighth in the pilot series
Retta Bowen is a lyric poet whose work springs from
the awkward creaks and chasms of the romantic and the
quotidian. She takes on the difficult task of pinning down
complex characters in these taut, careful poems: lovers,
adventurers, relatives, poets. Her work, and her abilities
as a reader, have already been gaining notice and awards
and this first publication will further her standing
in the poetry world.
£4 ISBN 987 1 904551 44 7
the lives of ghosts by john mccullough
the seventh in the pilot series
Ghosts melt through these pieces, as one man is
added to his ex-lover's collection of wraiths, and
another watches the falling evening turn boys
loitering at the estate edge into noble spectres.
£4 ISBN 978 1 904551 43 0
PBS PAMPHLET CHOICE SUMMER 2008
your sign is cuckoo, girl by jay bernard
the fifth in the pilot series
One of our most promising young talents,
Jay Bernard writes powerful and sensuous
scenes from the metropolis: a teenager flies
like a moth, a woman with scissors sings bees.
Disturbing, joyous and always surprising.
(Pascale Petit)
£4- ISBN 1 904551 41 6
this man's town by miriam gamble
the sixth in the pilot series
the poems in This Man's Town explore, dissect,
muse on, re-imagine and punctuate the
disparities of life as we know it.
(Sinéad Morrissey)
£4- ISBN 978 1 904551 42 3
another pretty colour, another break for air
by camellia staffordthe third in the pilot series
tender, sensuous and perfectly poised,
another pretty colour, another break for air
announces the arrival of a compelling new poet.
(Kathryn Gray)
£4- ISBN 978 1 904551 36 2
weekend millionaires by gareth jones
the fourth in the pilot series
observed with unflinching clarity and
dark humour, Gareth Jones offers us
a world of morning-afters, streakers
at rugby matches and stubborn phantoms.
(Catherine Smith)
£4- ISBN 978 1 904551 35 5
humbug by abi curtis
the first in the pilot series
abi curtis renews the everyday in moving
and surprising ways
(Andy Brown)
£4 - ISBN 978 1 904551 32 4
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adam o'riordan
the second in the pilot series
o'riordan's poetry pays full attention to the intricate patterns and coincidences of the world, and so makes us see it anew
(Clare Pollard)
£4 - ISBN 978 1 904551 33 1
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these poems pulse with sensuous, luscious imagery. abdul jamal's voice is clear and resonant, exploring the complexities of conflict, loss and longing.
(Catherine Smith)
£3.00 - ISBN 1-904551-27-0
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i dare you by cathy ryan
passion and honesty shines through these razor sharp poems. Like standing in the eye of a hurricane, there is a powerful stillness as well as an electric charge to her imagery. The poems cannot fail to strike a chord with anyone who has ever fallen in love. A voice to listen for
(Aoife Mannix)
£2.50 - ISBN 1-904551-25-4
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what it means to fall by kim lasky
what is so very exciting about kim lasky's poetry is the way it integrates so many perspectives and so many different kinds of language. What it means to fall eloquently demonstrates that poetry has the power to tackle the complexity of the postmodern world. This is contemporary poetry with a fine cutting edge
(Peter Abbs)
£2.50 - ISBN 1-904551-26-2
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a world of sudden claws by pierre ringwald
Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice Spring 2006
an exciting pamphlet from a fine Canadian poet & a regular
on the London poetry scene
£2.00 - ISBN 1 904551 20 3
(£2.50 for non UK orders)
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cameo poly by ken champion
poetry with the genuine feel of inevitability
(Alan Dent, Penniless Press)
£3.00 - ISBN 1-904551-12-2
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jazz & other religions by john clarke
£2.00 - ISBN 1-904551-01-7
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m is for madrigal by nii ayikwei parkes
Seven poems from nii who is renowned for his readings and events
in London and afar
£2.00 - ISBN 1-904551-09-2
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poems from the tired lips of newspapers by ronnie mcgrath
refreshing, surreal, reminiscent of Bukowski at his best
£2.00 - ISBN 1-904551-03-3
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the self in a photograph by lisa dart
a deeply enjoyable collection of 12 poems by an extremely fine poet
£2.00 - ISBN 1-904551-18-1
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poetry is a woman by ebele
observational, earthy and surreal - poems that make you laugh, cry and sigh
at life's unavoidable foibles
£2.00 - ISBN 1-904551-14-9
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private view by angela williams
£2.00 ISBN 1 904551 04 1
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the shadow dancer by baden prince
honest, sensual, astute; containing an emotional awareness of our world and those that inhabit it
£2.00 - ISBN 1-904551-15-7
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she never talks of strangers by heather taylor
£3.00 - ISBN 1-904551-07-6
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sky over bedlam by wendy french
£3.50 - ISBN 0-9529884-1-4
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south east of eden by simon stafford
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the trick of foreign words by aoife mannix
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walking the hawk by janice fixter
£2.00 - ISBN 904551 16 5
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we have a little sister and she hath no breasts by wendy french
£2.00 - ISBN 1-904551-06-8
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