A Haunting without Allegory by Joshua Jones humour the connections which might arise

the connections which might arise from a song or a video game

his humour quick and surprising

Freewheeling

Eliot Prize and the Whitbread Poetry Award in 2003

Figure of Eight (1987)

A Haunting without Allegory by Joshua Jones humour the connections which might ariseA Haunting Without Allegory consists of a series of transatlantic sequences exploring hope and despair in a time of consolidated state violence and unchecked viral transmission. Embracing the ambivalences that accompany attempts to persist under untenable conditions, the poems deploy a revolving and unresolved constellation of leitmotifs and refracting images that chart, awkwardly and unevenly, themes of escape and constraint. How do we kill for real