Incarnation by Clare Pollard Stack unstoppable narratives of Prophets (a

unstoppable narratives of Prophets (a dramatic celebration of the resources of Jamaican popular culture as well as an exploration of the ambiguous nature of inspiration and prophecy

Blood stone canyon

‘A perfectly pitched quest for lost innocence’ John Burnside

but she counters this with a plea to challenge the forces of greed which have conspired to divide us

spacecraft and flooded houses

Incarnation by Clare Pollard Stack unstoppable narratives of Prophets (aThe poems in Clare Pollards new collection Incarnation are about our children and the stories that we tell them. Whether looking at the discourse around pregnancy, describing the pain of childbirth or thinking about surveillance at soft play, they blur the personal and political. Pinocchio, Hamelin, Alice and The Tiger who Came to Tea make appearances alongside biblical tales: the ark, the whales belly, the Moses basket in the rushes. There are poems