Spells: 21st Century Occult Poetry TS Eliot Prize but the collection included both

but the collection included both material culled from a recently recovered 1906 daybook and a final set of poems written over the last two years of his life

Through this small

sensual imagery and technical control

This series of tenderly observed internal states

The title poem is in the voice of the creatures who swim the dark waters of the oil field Goliat

Spells: 21st Century Occult Poetry TS Eliot Prize but the collection included bothSpell poems take us into a realm where words can influence the universe. Spells brings together over forty contemporary voices exploring the territory where justice, selfhood and the imagination meet the transformative power of the occult. These poems unmake the world around them so that it might be remade anew. Contributors include: Kaveh Akbar, Rachael Allen, Nuar Alsadir, Khairani Barokka, Emily Berry, A. K. Blakemore, Jen Calleja, Anthony V.