Landfill by John Wedgwood Clarke Clare Pollard There were once more than

There were once more than a thousand men and boys worked at Brandon Pithouse in County Durham

a stegosaurus is adored

I did not emulate my uncles’ lives

the abridged version)' – Dominic Luxford

It is as if the poet were sitting in the room with you

Landfill by John Wedgwood Clarke Clare Pollard There were once more thanIf the history of civilisation has been a journey away from our rubbish, John Wedgwood Clarkes Landfill seeks to reverse that route, taking us behind the chain link fence of the dump to witness the sublime mess weve made of things. He marvels at the confessions of a people, at archaeology in the making, with poems about old cookers, fridges, fluorescent tubes and heaps of plastic bottles. Out of their usual locations, these objects become strangely