Wing by Matthew Francis Esther Morgan but which also has what

but which also has what

author of Measures of Expatriation (Forward Prize

desire is evoked with intensity and precision

confronting his old demons with honesty and courage

addressing themes of loss

Wing by Matthew Francis Esther Morgan but which also has whatMatthew Franciss latest collection celebrates the richness of nature and of our responses to it. The pleasures of summer are emblazoned in the colourful wings and evocative names of butterflies, while a nocturnal encounter with an earwig becomes a joyous incantation to the witchy beetle, forkin robin of dialect. His love of history, embodied in his acclaimed Mandeville and The Mabinogi, gives rise to a sequence based on Robert Hookes microscopic