Baby Schema - Isabel Galleymore

A Poetry Book Society Spring Recommendation 2024‘ Trees crawling with babies, babiesdarting through the skyor buoyed by thermal vents, babiespainted with false eyesÂ’ (‘ FableÂ’ )In Isabel GalleymoreÂ’ s second collection, the adorable other is not just an imagined future child, but also a tree frog, a weather-worn statue and often the speaker herself, who dreams of quitting adulthood and an endangered world. ‘ Mother EarthÂ’ is less an entity to be revered than a command to care-giving. Lyrics... Zobrazit více