Guises by Lawrence Sail carcanet spiritually - the familiar becomes

spiritually - the familiar becomes strange: seen for the first time

Ailbhe Darcy’s first collection

pathos and humour

reading a sinuous

reality slips: something is added

Guises by Lawrence Sail carcanet spiritually - the familiar becomesPublished 27th February 2020 Lawrence Sail's poetry is noted for its scrupulous combination of close observation and broader reflections. In Guises he builds on the strengths of twelve previous collections, writing 'in praise of perception', which brings its own challenges and delights, embodied in the shifts and layers of language. A sense of the precious and the precarious informs poems with widely differing subjects and settings. There is, too, a