Tormentil by Ian Humphreys ocean vuong constitute a mosaic in which

constitute a mosaic in which might be gleaned all the fury and fatuity of the pursuit of that gilded phantasmagoria of a just and beneficent state

celebrating the erotic and quotidian

‘in water’

Something is realised through the poem

a Persian painting of a bulbul

Tormentil by Ian Humphreys ocean vuong constitute a mosaic in whichIan Humphreys follows his Portico prize longlisted debut Zebra with Tormentil, poems alive with the connections of family, food, community, place and, at its heart, prayers for fabulousness and transformative encounters with loss, fear and fearlessness. "A powerful, moving, original body of work. These are poems which will find readers, hit nerves, matter to people." Jean Sprackland on Zebra Nine Arches Press