Skirting by Nathan Walker scottish summoned and contained in small

summoned and contained in small gestures – a hand held

happy to share his last tobacco with his comrades

Her words are a disruption of comfort

Publisher’s Weekly said in its starred review of Human Nature

Angel Kate Foley Khakan Qureshi

Skirting by Nathan Walker scottish summoned and contained in smallSkirting arranges poems in columns that provide multiple reading routes, giving the reader opportunities to make and create a series of ways to engage with and understand the text. This system of arranging and rearranging the poem is explored within the texts too, these poems circle around their subject without naming the events explored. The poems skirt around a figure, event and thoughts, trying to get close to a difficult subject without being able