AUP New Poets 9

In poems by Sarah Lawrence, harold coutts and Arielle Walker, three fresh, vivid voices arrive.

In ‘ Clockwatching’ , Sarah Lawrence hurtles us into a world full of friends and homes and things, and wonders what they all might leave behind: ‘ If it’ s toothache or budget / margarine or perhaps / another world altogether.’ harold coutts’ ‘ longing’ reflects on gender (‘ if gender is a taste i am cutting out my tongue’ ), bodies (‘ pubelessness’ ) and the rest (‘ there isn’ t a manual on when ...