Sicilian Elephants by David Cooke Amelia Loulli at least one thing

at least one thing

He is a poet of Whitman’s multitudes and of Langston Hughes’ blues

inspirational poet

They daringly map a territory where poetry asserts our inexhaustible responsibility to each other

yet tender scrutiny

Sicilian Elephants by David Cooke Amelia Loulli at least one thingIn the title poem to Sicilian Elephants, his most wide ranging and ambitious collection to date, David Cooke imagines the short lived paradise achieved by those miniature elephants whose bones have been found on the island. In poems gathered here he explores notions of home and the way humans aspire to define their space and achieve a life of ease. Starting out from familiar domestic settings, he explores the rituals of DIY and gardening. However, the